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 (uncountable)

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.

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.

	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)

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]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Audio (Venezuela):

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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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10