cabo

See also: Cabo

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cabe
• cabu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabo/, [ˈka.β̞o]

Preposition

cabo

1. next to, alongside

   Synonyms: co, xunto, al llau

Derived terms

• al cabo

Catalan

Verb

cabo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cabre

Dutch

Noun

cabo m (plural cabo's, diminutive cabootje n)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Cabo (“Cape Verdean person”)

Galician

Cabo Ortegal, Galicia

Cabo Vilán, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head, source”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabo/ [ˈkɑ.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: ca‧bo

Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)

1. end, tip, final part

   Synonyms: canto, extremo

2. (geography) cape, headland
3. handle

   Synonym: mango

4. rope

   Synonym: corda

5. wire

   Synonym: cable

Derived terms

• Cabo
• Cabo de Vila
• cabodano
• Cabodevila

Related terms

• cabeza

Noun

cabo m or f (plural cabos)

1. corporal

Preposition

cabo

1. next, by

Derived terms

• cabo de
• ó cabo de

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cabo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Xiamen Hokkien 查某 (tsa-bó͘, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃabo/ [ˈt͡ʃa.bo]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: ca‧bo

Noun

cabo (first-person possessive caboku, second-person possessive cabomu, third-person possessive cabonya)

1. (chiefly Jakarta, vulgar) prostitute; whore

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pelacur

Further reading

• “cabo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology 1

Found in Late Latin; from a source akin to Khotanese [script needed] (kabä, “horse”), Persian کول (kaval, “slow, clumsy horse”) (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaba, *kabala (“horse”)) and Old Church Slavonic кобꙑла (kobyla, “mare”), which could ultimately be of Proto-Indo-European origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.boː/, [ˈkäboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bo/, [ˈkäːbo]

Noun

cabō m (genitive cabōnis); third declension

1. gelding

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cabō	cabōnēs
Genitive	cabōnis	cabōnum
Dative	cabōnī	cabōnibus
Accusative	cabōnem	cabōnēs
Ablative	cabōne	cabōnibus
Vocative	cabō	cabōnēs

Etymology 2

Noun

cabō

1. dative/ablative singular of cabus

References

• “cabo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cabo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• cabo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

1. “cavalier”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu/ [ˈka.βu]

• Rhymes: -abu
• Homophone: cavo (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ca‧bo

• Audio (São Paulo):

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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabo (“besides; nearby”), from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-. Doublet of caput, capuz, chefe, and chef.

Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)

1. (military) rank roughly equivalent to corporal
2. (geomorphology) cape (piece of land extending beyond the coast)

   Synonym: promontório

3. the final steps or moments of an event

   Synonyms: conclusão, fim, finalização, término, termo

4. head man (person in charge of an organisation or group)

   Synonyms: cabeça, chefe, comandante, líder

Derived terms

• a cabo de
• ao cabo de
• ao fim e ao cabo
• cabo-adjunto
• Cabo Canaveral
• cabo-chefe
• cabo da armada
• cabo de esquadra
• cabo-de-secção
• cabo eleitoral
• Cabo Frio
• Cabo Verde
• dar cabo de
• de cabo a cabo
• de cabo a rabo
• levar a cabo
• primeiro-cabo
• segundo-cabo

Related terms

• acabar
• cabal
• cabeça
• caporal
• chefe

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese caboo, from Late Latin capulum (“rope; halter”), from Latin capiō (“to seize”). Doublet of cacho.

Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)

1. cable (strong, large-diameter wire or rope)
2. cable (assembly of wires used for electrical power or data circuits)
3. (nautical) any rope in a ship except the bell rope and the clock rope
4. a long handle, such as a shaft

Synonyms

• (thick rope): cordão
• (long handle): haste

Hypernyms

• (long handle): mango

Holonyms

• (certain ropes in a ship): cordame, cordoalha

Coordinate terms

• (certain ropes in a ship): corda

Derived terms

• encabar
• porta-cabos

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-. Doublet of jefe and chef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabo/ [ˈka.β̞o]

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• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: ca‧bo
• Homophone: cavo

Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)

1. end, edge, extremity (furthest or terminal point of something)

   Synonym: borde

2. end, finish, conclusion (terminal point of something in time)
3. stub, butt, stump (something blunted, stunted, burnt to a stub, or cut short)
4. (nautical) cable, rope (strong rope or chain, especially used to moor or anchor a ship)
5. (geography) cape, headland (piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake)
6. (military) corporal (non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4)
   • 1973, Mario Vargas Llosa, Pantaleón y las Visitadoras, Punto de Lectura, published 2007, page 20:

     A Luisa Cánepa, mi sirvienta, la violó un sargento, y después un cabo y después un soldado raso.

     My servant Luisa Cánepa was raped by a sergeant, then by a corporal, and then by a private.

7. (law enforcement) sergeant (highest rank of noncommissioned officer)
8. (in the plural) accessories, knick-knacks, odds and ends (small trinket of minor value)

Derived terms

• acabar
• al cabo
• al cabo de
• al cabo de la jornada
• al cabo del mundo
• atar cabos
• cabal
• cabo suelto
• Ciudad del Cabo
• de cabo a cabo
• de cabo a rabo
• de punta a cabo
• estar al cabo de la calle
• estar muy al cabo
• hasta el cabo del mundo
• llevar a cabo
• verso de cabo roto

 

Related terms

• cabeza
• menoscabo

 

Further reading

• “cabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014