kapò
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo (“chief, boss”), from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapò m or f by sense (invariable)
- (historical) kapo
- (by extension) a surly supervisor
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- kapo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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