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capo

See also: capó, capô, ĉapo, çapo, Capo, CAPO, and capo-

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Etymology 1

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Shortening of capotasto, from Italian.

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capo (plural capos)

  1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
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Etymology 2

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From Italian capo (“head, chief”). Doublet of cape, caput, chef, chief, head, and Howth.

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capo (plural capos or capi)

  1. A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
  2. A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.
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capo (plural capos)

  1. Alternative spelling of kapo.
    • 2004, Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1937-1945: A Guide to the Permanent Historical Exhibition, Wallstein Verlag, →ISBN, page 118:
      […] the capo in a sub-camp in 1940. As a foreman and capo in the quarry he earned the reputation of treating Jewish […]

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Albanian

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capo

  1. second-person singular present imperative of capoj

Catalan

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capo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of capar

Galician

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capo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of capar

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin capus m < Latin caput n. On account of the unlenited /-p-/, presumably borrowed via Italian capo.

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capo m

  1. head
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Nun o’ pioün veîsto el pioûn biel capo biondo.
      I haven’t seen a more beautiful blonde head.

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Italian

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    From Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Doublet of chef.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈka.po/
    • Rhymes: -apo
    • Hyphenation: cà‧po

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    capo m (plural capi)

    1. head
      Synonym: testa
    2. boss, chief, leader, master
    3. end (of a rope etc.)
      Synonyms: fine, estremità
    4. (geography) cape (especially when capitalised/capitalized in placenames)
    5. ply
    6. buddy
    7. (heraldry) chief

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    capo (invariable)

    1. head, chief, leading
      ispettore capo ― chief inspector
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    • → English: capo
    • →? Istriot: capo
    • → Spanish: capo
    • → Basque: kapo

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    Latin

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    Unknown. Though a connection to Proto-Slavic *skopьcь (“castrated animal; eunuch”) is attractive, there are formal problems with the derivation. The Slavic is clearly derived from *skopiti (“to castrate”), which is likely an inherited root continuing Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (albeit itself unclear), but such a root clearly cannot account for the Latin vocalism. The alternative Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₂p- or *(s)kap- (“to hew, cut?; to shovel”) (compare Ancient Greek σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig”), Lithuanian skõpti (“to cut, grave”)) is disputed on both formal and semantic grounds. Most likely of substrate origin: the same source may have also given Latin scapulae;[1] see Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō) and Proto-Indo-European *kap- for further possible cognates and discussion. Alternatively, from another substrate word that also gave Latin caper (“he-goat”) if its original meaning was “castrated animal”.[1] In both cases the semantic connection is weak, however. Less likely, potentially related to Proto-Germanic *habukaz (“hawk”), Proto-Slavic *kobь̀cь (“small bird of prey: falcon ~ sparrowhawk ~ merlin ~ buzzard”) and Albanian gabonjë (“griffon vulture, eagle, hawk”), which may be yet another substrate word or Wanderwort.[2]

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    cāpō m (genitive cāpōnis); third declension

    1. a capon (castrated cockerel)
    2. (in general) a rooster

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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cāpō cāpōnēs
    genitive cāpōnis cāpōnum
    dative cāpōnī cāpōnibus
    accusative cāpōnem cāpōnēs
    ablative cāpōne cāpōnibus
    vocative cāpō cāpōnēs

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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cāpus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
    2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gabonjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 107–108

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    • “capo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “capo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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    capo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of capar

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkapo/ [ˈka.po]
    • Rhymes: -apo
    • Syllabification: ca‧po

    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Italian capo (“head”). Related to cabo.

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    capo m (plural capos)

    1. gangster
      Synonyms: pandillero, gángster
    2. (by extension) a very able person at doing something
    3. boss, chief
      Synonym: patrón

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    capo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of capar

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from French capot.

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    capo

    1. (automotive) hood; bonnet; the hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle

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    Ultimately from Italian capotasto.

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    capo

    1. (music) capotasto
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