cabo

/ˈkabo/, [ˈka.β̞o]

cape, corporal


Examples
  • La boda se llevará a cabo a finales de octubre.

    The wedding will take place at the end of October.

  • La revuelta fue llevada a cabo por los ciudadanos del sur.

    The revolt was led by the southern citizenry.

  • Conozco la historia de cabo a rabo.

    I know the story from beginning to end.

  • Insistimos que este proyecto se lleve a cabo de inmediato.

    We insist that this project be carried out immediately.

  • Pasaron el cabo de Buena Esperanza.

    They passed the Cape of Good Hope.

  • Él tenía razón al fin y al cabo.

    He was right after all.

  • En seguida llevaron a cabo el proyecto.

    They carried out the plan right away.

  • Todos sabemos que él tenía razón al fin y al cabo.

    We all know he was right after all.

  • Una cosa es hacer planes, pero otra muy distinta es llevarlos a cabo.

    It's one thing to make plans, but quite another to carry them out.

  • Al fin y al cabo, siempre se termina deseando destruir al vecino. He ahí la triste suerte de la humanidad.

    In the end, one always ends up wishing to annihilate one's fellow man. Therein lies the sad fate of humanity.

  • Al fin y al cabo, terminamos comiendo en ese viejo restaurante.

    In the end, we ended up eating at that shabby restaurant.

  • Ella no vino al fin y al cabo.

    After all she did not come.

  • Intentasteis llevar a cabo el plan, pero no lo lograsteis.

    You tried to carry out the plan but you didn't succeed.

  • Al llevar a cabo el plan, deberías haber pensado en todas las posibles dificultades.

    In carrying out the plan, you should have reckoned with all possible difficulties.

  • Llevamos a cabo ese plan.

    We carried out that plan.

  • Me leí este ladrillo de cabo a rabo.

    I read this tome from end to end.

  • Llevó a cabo su misión diplomática con éxito.

    He carried out his diplomatic mission with success.

  • Es más fácil hacer planes que llevarlos a cabo.

    It is easier to make plans than to put them into practice.

  • Ella llevó a cabo el plan.

    She carried out the plan.


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