English

Proper noun

Cabo

1. (US) Abbreviation of Cabo San Lucas. (Cabo is a resort community in Mexico)

See also

• cabo (cape)
• Rio (similarly abbreviated location name)

Catalan

Verb

cabo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of cabre

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput ‎(“head, source”).

Noun

cabo m ‎(plural cabos)

1. end, final part
2. cape, headland
3. handle
4. corporal

Synonyms

• (end, final part): extremo, fin
• (handle): mango

Derived terms

• cabo de
• ó cabo de

Related terms

• cabeza

Indonesian

Noun

cabo

1. (vulgar) whore

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.boː/

Noun

cabō m ‎(genitive cabōnis); third declension

1. gelding

Inflection

Third declension.

Etymology 2

Noun

cabō

1. dative singular of cabus
2. ablative singular of cabus

References

• cabo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cabo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• CABO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkabo/
• Rhymes: -abu

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)

1. (military) rank roughly equivalent to corporal
2. (geomorphology) cape (piece of land extending beyond the coast)
3. the final steps or moments of an event
4. head man (person in charge of an organisation or group)

Synonyms

• (cape): promontório
• (final steps or moments): conclusão, fim, finalização, término, termo
• (head man): cabeça, chefe, comandante, líder

Derived terms

Related terms

• acabar
• cabal
• cabeça
• caporal
• chefe

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin capulum ‎(“rope; halter”), from Latin capiō ‎(“I seize”).

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

Related terms

• encabar

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-. Doublet of jefe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkäβo̞]
• Homophone: cavo

Noun

cabo m ‎(plural cabos)

1. end, edge, extremity
2. end, finish, conclusion
3. stub, butt, stump
4. (nautical) cable, rope
5. (geography) cape
6. (military) corporal
   • 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.

7. (police) sergeant
8. (in the plural) accessories, knick-knacks

Related terms

• cabeza