capotasto

See also: capo tasto

English

Three capos, second attached

Alternative forms

• capo tasto

Etymology

From Italian capotasto, from capo (“head”) + tasto (“fret”).

Noun

capotasto (plural capotastos)

1. (music) A device, placed across the strings of a fretted instrument such as a guitar, to shorten the strings and thus allow upward transposition without altered fingering

Synonyms

• capo

Translations

device placed across the strings

• Czech: kapodastr m
• Finnish: kapo (fi), capo (fi)
• French: capodastre (fr)
• German: Kapodaster (de)
• Hebrew: קאפו
• Hungarian: kapodaszter, kápó (hu)
• Italian: capotasto
• Maori: whakakopa
• Polish: kapodaster m
• Portuguese: pestana (pt) f, capotraste m
• Russian: капода́стр (ru) (kapodástr)
• Spanish: ceja (es) f, cejilla (es) f
• Vietnamese: ca-pô

See also

• Category:capo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Italian

Etymology

From capo- +‎ tasto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.poˈta.sto/
• Rhymes: -asto
• Hyphenation: ca‧po‧tà‧sto

Noun

capotasto m (plural capotasti or (less common) capitasti)

1. (music) capotasto

Descendants

• → English: capotasto