capo
Spanish, noun
capo is spelled C-A-P-O (4 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,726th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gangster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of capar. With an accent, capó is a different word: “hood of an automobile”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Jefe de una banda mafiosa”.
What does capo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegangster
- 2
masculinea very able person at doing something
- 3
masculineboss, chief
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of capar
noun
- 1
masculinehood of an automobile
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of capar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jefe de una banda mafiosa. 2. Por extensión, persona muy capaz y hábil en algún ámbito. 3. Vocativo usado para dirigirse a un hombre, sobre todo cuando es para remarcarle un error cometido.
noun: 1. Portezuela del coche que al abrirla descubre la ubicación del motor, generalmente la que está en la parte delantera.
noun: 1. Cejilla (elemento transversal que presiona las cuerdas del mástil de una guitarra para elevar su tono).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of capo
- capos plural
- capós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to capo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capo in Spanish?
capo appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).