Associations to the word «Capo»

Wiktionary

CAPO, noun. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
CAPO, noun. A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
CAPO DI TUTTI CAPI, noun. (slang) Boss 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.
CAPO TASTO, noun. Alternative spelling of capotasto

Dictionary definition

CAPO, noun. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King