Meanings
capo1
nouncapo (plural capos)
plural capos
- A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
Synonyms: capotasto
capo2
nouncapo (plural capos or capi)
- A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
- A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.
capo3
nouncapo (plural capos)
plural capos
- alternativeAlternative spelling of kapo.
[…] the capo in a sub-camp in 1940. As a foreman and capo in the quarry he earned the reputation of treating Jewish[…]
2004, Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1937-1945: A Guide to the Permanent Historical Exhibition, Wallstein Verlag, →ISBN, page 118
Capo4
proper noun
- A surname.
CAPO5
noun
- abbreviationAbbreviation of contract agreement purchase order
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
Similar
Also see
Origin
capo · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*káput
- Proto-Italic*kaput
- Latincaput
- Vulgar Latincapus
- Italiancapo
- Englishcapo
Borrowed from Italian capo (“head, chief”). Doublet of cape, caput, chef, chief, head, and Howth.
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish capo
- capoMafia leader
Portuguese capo
- capoMafia leader
Swedish maffialedare
- maffialedareMafia leader
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
capo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capo
MLA
“capo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “capo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capo.
Source: capo on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.