Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 17 compound words that contain capo. The most common are listed below. Open capo in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- capo di tutti capiBoss of all the bosses, especially in the mafia, Cosa Nostra etc. Often used by law enforcement, the media and the public in general to describe a Mafia boss who exerts significant influence on how the Mafia should run.
- da capoFrom the beginning.
- capo tastoAlternative spelling of capotasto: A device, placed across the strings of a fretted instrument such as a guitar, to shorten the strings and thus allow upward transposition without altered fingering
- da capo al fineRepeat from the beginning up to the word fine ("end").
- Capo di MonteAlternative form of Capodimonte (“kind of porcelain”).
Compound words 17
- caponataA Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold.
- caporalA type of shag tobacco.
- caporegimeA high-ranking member of a crime family in the Mafia who heads a "crew" of soldiers and has significant social status and influence in the organization.
- capotainA tall-crowned, narrow-brimmed, slightly conical sugarloaf hat, worn from the 1590s to the 1700s in Europe and England; eventually depicted with a buckle beginning in the 19th century.
- capochesplural of capoch: A hood, especially one attached to the gown of a monk.
- capocolliplural of capocollo: A type of cured pork sausage
- Capoidsplural of Capoid: a member of the racial classification of humanity composed of the Khoi and San people of Southern Africa.
- CapolagoA village on Lake Lugano, Mendrisio municipality, Ticino canton, Switzerland.
- capomosplural of capomo: Synonym of breadnut (“when used as a coffee substitute”).
- caponedsimple past and past participle of capon