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Definitions for Capo

[1] any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
[2] the nut of a guitar, lute, banjo, etc.
[3] the chief of a branch of the Mafia.
[4] a device fitted across all the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc, so as to raise the pitch of each string simultaneously Also called: capo tasto (ˈkæpəʊ ˈtæstəʊ ) Compare barré
[5] the presumed title of a Mafia leader

Words nearby Capo

capitulationism, capitulum, capiz, caplet, caplin, capo, capoeira, capon, caponata, capone, capone, al

Origin of Capo

21960–65; < Italian: head, leader < Vulgar Latin *capum for Latin caput; cf. chief

Word origin for Capo

Italian: head