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capo

/ˈkeɪpoʊ/

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What does capo mean?

noun

  1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
  2. A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
  3. A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of kapo.
  2. Abbreviation of contract agreement purchase order

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkeɪpoʊ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈkɑpəʊ//ˈkæpoʊ/
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Planche challenged the writer of the article, a certain Capo de Feuillide, to a duel.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
And so on da capo, until about six in the evening, when I found myself within sight of the great mine.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
More book examples (3)
I hope the Capo Lazzarone may not desert him for some other member of the Calendar, but he seems to threaten it.
Charles DickensPictures from ItalyProject Gutenberg ebook #650
Punctually at that hour the bell repeated its summons DE CAPO.
Rolf BoldrewoodShearing in the Riverina, New South WalesProject Gutenberg ebook #4221
The man who insatiably cries da capo to himself and to the whole of his mise-en-scene, must be in a position to desire every incident in his life to be repeated, not once, but again and again eternally.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneTranslated by Thomas CommonProject Gutenberg ebook #1998