noun
capo
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noun
1
A clamp placed across a guitar's fingerboard to raise the pitch of all the strings at once.
"He clipped a capo onto the second fret to match the singer's key."
2
A senior figure in an organized crime family.
"The film centers on a capo trying to move up the family ranks."
How to Use Capo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA guitar accessory that raises pitch, or a Mafia boss.
Word Forms
capos plural, capos plural, capi plural
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Etymology
Shortened from Italian capotasto ("head of fingerboard"); the crime-family sense comes from Italian capo ("head, boss").