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How to pronounce capo in English?

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Type Words
Type of chief, head, top dog

Examples of capo

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Capo faces a $34 million deficit next year unless cuts of this magnitude are made.
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Does Nino by chance know Don Vincenzo, the capo di tutti capi in his small village?
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My child is 4, and she has another year before starting school, but we are in CAPO.
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He was known to play with a capo on the 3rd fret and on really loose strings.
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Handel's operas are filled with da capo arias, such as Svegliatevi nel core.
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The da capo aria is very common in the musical genres of opera and oratorio.
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Rather, like a mafia capo, Don Tiger conveyed his message more by demeanour and tone.
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Capo Valley held graduation this afternoon in its Cougar football stadium.
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The da capo aria is a musical form, which was prevalent in the Baroque era.
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More examples
  • The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate
  • A capo, or, rarely, capo tasto (from Italian ', "head" and ', "tie or fret") is a clamp-like device used on the neck of a stringed instrument to shorten the strings, hence raising the pitch. It is frequently used on guitars, mandolins, and banjos. G.B. ...
  • A caporegime or capodecina, usually shortened to just a capo, is a term used in the Mafia for a high ranking made member of a crime family who heads a "crew" of soldiers and has major social status and influence in the organization. ...
  • Pedro Capu00F3 (artistically also Capu00F3) is a Puerto Rican musician and grandson of Puerto Rican singer Bobby Capu00F3 and former Miss Puerto Rico Irma Nydia Vazquez.
  • A kapo or prisoner functionary (German: Funktionshu00E4ftling, see u00A7u00A0Etymology) was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks in the camp. Also called "prisoner self-administration", the prisoner functionary system minimized costs by allowing camps to function with fewer SS personnel...
  • Los Capos (Spanish for "The Bosses") is a Lucha Libre stable consisting of Cien Caras, Mu00E1scara Au00F1o 2000 (often written as "Dos Mil") and Universo 2000, and at one point also included Apolo Dantu00E9s. Los Capos is also often referred to as Los Hermanos Dinamita (Spanish for "The Dynamite Brothers") when working without Apolo Dantu00E9s as Cien Caras, Mu00E1scara Au00F1o 2000 and Universo 2000 are brothers...
  • A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings; A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime
  • (Capos) The Timbers Army members who help lead the chants and cheers during a match.
  • Chief Administrative Pharmaceutical Officer