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ca·po·ta·sto
\ˌkäpōˈtä(ˌ)stō\ noun
(plural capotastos \-(ˌ)stōz\ ; or ca·pi·ta·sti \ˌkäpēˈtä(ˌ)stē\)
Etymology: Italian, literally, chief key, from capo head, chief (from Latin caput head) + tasto key of a musical instrument, from tastare to feel, touch, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin tastare — more at head, taste
: a bar or movable nut attached to the fingerboard of a guitar or other fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings |