de cabo a rabo
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
de (“from”) + cabo (“head”) + a (“to”) + rabo (“tail”)
Adverb[edit]
de cabo a rabo (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) to a complete extent; one hundred percent; completely; utterly; fully
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
de (“from”) + cabo (“edge, head”) + a (“to”) + rabo (“tail”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (idiomatic) completely, utterly, fully
- Synonyms: de cabo a cabo, de pe a pa
- (idiomatic) from start to finish, all the way through
Further reading[edit]
- “de cabo a rabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014