капо

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French capot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈpɔ]
  • Rhymes: -pɔ
  • Syllabification(key): ка‧по

Noun

капо́ • (kapó) n

  1. (card games) capot

Declension

Declension of капо́
singular
indefinite капо́
kapó
definite капо́то
kapóto

References

  • “капо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “капо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapo, derived from Italian capo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈpo]

Noun

капо́ • (kapó) m anim or f anim by sense (indeclinable)

  1. (historical) kapo (a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor)
  2. (by extension) a modern prisoner who cooperates with prison authorities in supervising fellow prisoners
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