# cabo
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* cabe
* cabu

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkabo/ [ˈka.β̞o]
* Rhymes: -abo
* Syllabification: ca‧bo

### Preposition

cabo
* next to, alongside
    Synonyms: co, xunto, al llau

#### Derived terms

* al cabo

## Catalan
### Verb

cabo
* first-person singular present indicative of cabre

## Dutch
### Noun

cabo m (plural cabo's, diminutive cabootje n)
* Alternative letter-case form of Cabo (“Cape Verdean person”)

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head, source”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkabo/ [ˈkɑ.β̞ʊ]
* Rhymes: -abo
* Hyphenation: ca‧bo

### Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)
* end, tip, final part
    Synonyms: canto, extremo
* (geography) cape, headland
* handle
    Synonym: mango
* rope
    Synonym: corda
* wire
    Synonym: cable

#### Derived terms

* Cabo
* Cabo de Vila
* cabodano
* Cabodevila

#### Related terms

* cabeza

### Noun

cabo m or f (plural cabos)
* corporal

### Preposition

cabo
* next, by

#### Derived terms

* cabo de
* ó cabo de

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cabo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Xiamen Hokkien 查某 (tsa-bó͘, “woman”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃabo/ [ˈt͡ʃa.bo]
* Rhymes: -abo
* Syllabification: ca‧bo

### Noun

cabo (uncountable)
* (chiefly Jakarta, vulgar) prostitute; whore
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pelacur

### Further reading

* “cabo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Found in Late Latin; from a source akin to Khotanese [script needed] (kabä, “horse”), Persian کول (kaval, “slow, clumsy horse”) (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaba, *kabala (“horse”)) and Old Church Slavonic кобꙑла (kobyla, “mare”), which could ultimately be of Proto-Indo-European origin.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈka.boː/, [ˈkäboː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈka.bo/, [ˈkäːbo]

#### Noun

cabō m (genitive cabōnis); third declension
* gelding

##### Declension

Third-declension noun.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

cabō
* dative/ablative singular of cabus

### References

* “cabo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* cabo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* "cabo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* ↑ “cavalier”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.bu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.bu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.bo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈka.bu/ [ˈka.βu]
* Rhymes: -abu
* Homophone: cavo (Northern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: ca‧bo
* Audio (São Paulo):(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)
* (military) rank roughly equivalent to corporal
* (geomorphology) cape (piece of land extending beyond the coast)
    Synonym: promontório
* the final steps or moments of an event
    Synonyms: conclusão, fim, finalização, término, termo
* head man (person in charge of an organisation or group)
    Synonyms: cabeça, chefe, comandante, líder

##### Derived terms

* a cabo de
* ao cabo de
* ao fim e ao cabo
* Cabo Canaveral
* cabo da armada
* cabo de esquadra
* cabo eleitoral
* Cabo Frio
* Cabo Verde
* cabo-adjunto
* cabo-chefe
* cabo-de-secção
* dar cabo de
* de cabo a cabo
* de cabo a rabo
* levar a cabo
* primeiro-cabo
* segundo-cabo

##### Related terms

* acabar
* cabal
* cabeça
* caporal
* chefe

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese caboo, from Late Latin capulum (“rope; halter”), from Latin capiō (“to seize”). Doublet of cacho.

#### Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)
* cable (strong, large-diameter wire or rope)
* cable (assembly of wires used for electrical power or data circuits)
* (nautical) any rope in a ship except the bell rope and the clock rope
* 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

##### Derived terms

* encabar
* porta-cabos

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-. Doublet of jefe and chef.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkabo/ [ˈka.β̞o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -abo
* Syllabification: ca‧bo
* Homophone: cavo

### Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)
* end, edge, extremity (furthest or terminal point of something)
    Synonym: borde
* end, finish, conclusion (terminal point of something in time)
* stub, butt, stump (something blunted, stunted, burnt to a stub, or cut short)
* (nautical) cable, rope (strong rope or chain, especially used to moor or anchor a ship)
* (geography) cape, headland (piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake)
* (military) corporal (non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4)
** 1973, Mario Vargas Llosa, Pantaleón y las Visitadoras, Punto de Lectura, published 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.
* (law enforcement) sergeant (highest rank of noncommissioned officer)
* (in the plural) accessories, knick-knacks, odds and ends (small trinket of minor value)

#### Derived terms

* acabar
* al cabo
* al cabo de
* al cabo de la jornada
* al cabo del mundo
* atar cabos
* cabal
* cabo suelto
* Ciudad del Cabo
* de cabo a cabo
* de cabo a rabo
* de punta a cabo
* estar al cabo de la calle
* estar muy al cabo
* hasta el cabo del mundo
* llevar a cabo
* verso de cabo roto

#### Related terms

* cabeza
* menoscabo

### Further reading

* “cabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10