cabo
See also: Cabo
Catalan
Verb
cabo
- first-person singular present indicative form of cabre
Galician
Cabo Ortegal, Galicia
Cabo Vilán, Galicia
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head, source”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaβo̝/
Noun
cabo m (plural cabos)
- end, tip, final part
- Synonyms: canto, extremo
- cape, headland
- handle
- Synonym: mango
- rope
- Synonym: corda
- wire
- Synonym: cable
Derived terms
- Cabo
- Cabo de Vila
- cabodano
- Cabodevila
Related terms
- cabeza
Noun
cabo m or f (plural cabos)
- corporal
Preposition
cabo
- next, by
Derived terms
- cabo de
- ó cabo de
References
- “cabo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cabo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cabo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cabo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cabo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Amoy 查某 (tsa-bó͘, “woman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃa.bo]
- Hyphenation: ca‧bo
Noun
cabo (first-person possessive caboku, second-person possessive cabomu, third-person possessive cabonya)
- (chiefly Jakarta, vulgar) prostitute; whore
Synonyms
- (female prostitute): see Thesaurus: pelacur
Further reading
- “cabo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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) IPA(key): /ˈka.boː/, [ˈkäboː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.bo/, [ˈkäːbo]
Noun
cabō m (genitive cabōnis); third declension
- 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 |
Noun
cabō
- 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)
- “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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.bo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈka.bu/ [ˈka.βu]
- Rhymes: -abu
- Homophone: cavo (Northern Portugal)
- Hyphenation: ca‧bo
Audio (Brazil - São Paulo) (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese cabo (“besides; nearby”), from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-. Doublet of caput, chefe, and chef.
Noun
cabo m (plural cabos)
- (military) rank roughly equivalent to corporal
- (geomorphology) cape (piece of land extending beyond the coast)
- Synonym: promontório
- the final steps or moments of an event
- Synonyms: conclusão, fim, finalização, término, termo
- 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 Portuguese caboo, from Medieval Latin capulum (“rope; halter”), from Latin capiō (“to seize”). Doublet of cacho.
Noun
cabo m (plural cabos)
- cable (strong, large-diameter wire or rope)
- cable (assembly of wires used for electrical power or data circuits)
- (nautical) any rope in a ship except the bell rope and the clock rope
- 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
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 (file) Audio (Latin America) (file) - Rhymes: -abo
- Syllabification: ca‧bo
- Homophone: cavo
Noun
cabo m (plural cabos)
- end, edge, extremity (furthest or terminal point of something)
- Synonym: borde
- end, finish, conclusion (terminal point of something in time)
- stub, butt, stump (something blunted, stunted, burnt to a stub, or cut short)
- (nautical) cable, rope (strong rope or chain, especially used to moor or anchor a ship)
- (geography) cape, headland (piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake)
- (military) corporal (non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4)
- 1973, Mario Vargas Llosa, Pantaleón y las Visitadoras (Punto de Lectura 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.
- 1973, Mario Vargas Llosa, Pantaleón y las Visitadoras (Punto de Lectura 2007), page 20:
- (law enforcement) sergeant (highest rank of noncommissioned officer)
- (in the plural) accessories, knick-knacks, odds and ends (small trinket of minor value)
Derived terms
- acabar
- al cabo
- al cabo de
- atar cabos
- cabal
- cabo suelto
- Ciudad del Cabo
- de cabo a cabo
- de cabo a rabo
- estar al cabo de la calle
- llevar a cabo
Related terms
- cabeza
- menoscabo
Further reading
- “cabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014