Masculine

cepo

  1. (masculine) snare, trap
  2. (masculine) shackle
  3. (masculine) clamp (for vehicles etc.)
  4. (masculine) branch (of tree)
  5. (masculine) alms box
  6. (Argentina, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of cepo cambiario (“foreign exchange control”)

Frequency

42k
Hyphenated as
ce‧po
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈθepo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of the borrowed cipo.

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