cabo

=

sustantivo

cabo

masculine noun

1. rope (cuerda)

2. corporal (military)

3. cape (geography)

4. bit, piece (trozo); stub, stump (trozo final); end (de cuerda)

5. (expresiones)

al cabo de

prepositional phrase

1. after (después de)

cabo [cah’-bo]

noun

1. Extreme, extremity; end of a thing; tip. (m)

2. Cape, headland, or promontory, foreland. (m)

3. Handle, haft, hold. (m)

4. The extremity of a thing remaining after the principal part has been consumed or destroyed. (m)

5. Lowest card in the game called revesino. (m)

6. Paragraph, article, head. (Province; Provinicial) (m)

7. Chief, head, commander. (m)

8. Any of the cords employed on a ship. (Nautical) (m)

9. Thread. (m)

10. Complement, perfection, completion. (m)

11. At the custom-house a parcel or package smaller than a bale. (m)

12. Place, position, site. (m)

13 -> End; termination, conclusion (de periodo, proceso)
Al cabo de 3 meses -> at the end of 3 months
Estar al cabo de la calle -> (fig.) to know what’s going on; llevar a cabo, to carry out, to execute

13. Cape, point; Cabo de Buena Esperanza, cape of Good Hope. (Geography) (m)

noun, plural

14. The tail and mane of horses.

15. Loose pieces of apparel, as stockings, shoes, hat, etc. 3.

Cabo de año -> the religious offices performed on the anniversary of a person’s death
Cabo de barras, chiselled dollar of Mexico -> Last payment or balance of an account
Cabo de escuadra -> corporal
Cabo de presa -> prizemaster
Coger todos los cabos -> (Met.) To weigh all the circumstances of a case
Atar cabos -> to collect and examine together various circumstances bearing on a case
Cabos blancos -> (Naut.) Untarred cordage
Car cabo -> (Naut.) To throw out a rope for another to take hold of
Al cabo -> at last
De cabo a rabo -> from head to tail
Estar al cabo de algún negocio -> to be thoroughly acquainted with the nature of an affair
No tener cabo ni cuenta una cosa -> to have neither head nor tail (negocios)
Por ningún cabo -> by no means

Divisions of a discourse.


P:	Y si tú no me amas a alguien le llevará a cabo
R:	if you dont love me, somebody else will do it

P:	Whats the English translation for "Y si tú no me amas a alguien le llevará a cabo"…
R:	it doesn't really make sense to me but it means if you don't love me, someone will take it to the end / someone will finish it.