capó

f. & m.

1 head of an organized crime syndicate, capo, head of a gangster organization.

2 car's hood, hood, bonnet.

3 drug baron.

m.

mafia boss, capo.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: capar.

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capo

► nombre masculino

1 familiar boss

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noun m.

hood

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1.

SM (=jefe) boss; (=persona influyente) bigwig *; (=perito) expert; [de la mafia] capo; esp Col drug baron

es un capo — [en arte, profesión] he's a real pro *, he's brilliant

2.

ADJ INV great *, fabulous *

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-pa masculino, femenino (mandamás) boss, chief

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= hood, car hood, bonnet.

Nota: Inglés británico.

Ex. He should be able to turn over to his mechanism, just as confidently as he turns over the propelling of his car to the intricate mechanism under the hood.

Ex. 'A Hospital Trip' is about Joe's stay in the hospital after he cuts his ankle on a sharp corner of a rusty old car hood and does not tell his mother about it in time to prevent infection.

Ex. To reduce the impact of cars on pedestrians some cars have been fitted with air bags on their bonnets.

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-pa masculino, femenino (mandamás) boss, chief

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= hood, car hood, bonnet.

Nota: Inglés británico.

Ex: He should be able to turn over to his mechanism, just as confidently as he turns over the propelling of his car to the intricate mechanism under the hood.

Ex: 'A Hospital Trip' is about Joe's stay in the hospital after he cuts his ankle on a sharp corner of a rusty old car hood and does not tell his mother about it in time to prevent infection.

Ex: To reduce the impact of cars on pedestrians some cars have been fitted with air bags on their bonnets.

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capo -pa

masculine, feminine

A (mandamás) boss, chief

B (CS fam) (diestro) hotshot (colloq), whiz* (colloq)

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Del verbo capar: (conjugate capar)

capo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

capó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
capar    
capo    
capó
capar (conjugate capar) verbo transitivo
1 (castrar) to castrate
2 (Col fam)

◊ capó clase to play hooky(esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

capó sustantivo masculino
hood (AmE), bonnet (BrE)
capar verbo transitivo to castrate
capo sustantivo masculino gangster
capó sustantivo masculino Auto bonnet, US hood
'capó' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capo
- ceja
- cejilla
- cofre
English:
bonnet
- capo
- guard
- hood
- high

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capo, -a

♦ adj

RP Fam [bueno] great, US neat

♦ nm

1. [de la mafia] mafia boss, capo

Comp

capo de la droga drug baron;

capo mafioso mafia boss

2. Fam [de empresa, sindicato] boss, chief

♦ nm,f

RP Fam [prodigio] ace, whizz;

es una capa en física she's a real ace o whizz at physics

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capo

m, capa f

1 de mafia capo, don

2 CSur

star

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capó nm

: hood (of a car)

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capó n bonnet