cabo = end masculine noun
masculine noun
English Translation of CABO
1
: end
al cabo de dos semanasat the end of two weeks
al cabo, su dedicación a la música ha rendido sus frutosin the end, his dedication to music has borne fruit
al cabo, su gran satisfacción era oír los aplausosat the end of the day, his greatest satisfaction was to hear the applause
al cabo de tres mesesafter three months
2
: stub, end piece
falta cortar los cabitos de hilothe loose threads just need cutting off
iluminamos la habitación con un cabo de velawe used the stub or end of a candle to light the room with
escribía con un cabitohe was writing with a pencil stub
3
: corporal
5
al fin y al cabo
: after all, in the end
6
llevar a cabo
: to carry out, to do
estamos llevando a cabo un proyecto en colaboración con la universidadwe are carrying out a joint project with the university
ya hemos llevado a cabo la recogida de firmaswe have already collected the signatures
en esta piscina se llevarán a cabo las pruebas de nataciónthe swimming events will take place in this pool
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