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los cabos

ends, loose ends, ropes, lines

→ cabo
cabo corporal + s Plural
noun · plural masculine Rare #38,473
ends, loose ends Often used in the expressions atar cabos (“to connect the dots”) and dejar cabos sueltos (“to leave loose ends”).
SP: Antes de terminar, revisé que no quedaran cabos sueltos.
EN: Before finishing, I checked that there were no loose ends.
ropes, lines Used especially of ropes aboard a boat.
SP: Los marineros guardaron los cabos después de bajar las velas.
EN: The sailors put away the lines after lowering the sails.
Declension of cabo
cabocabos

También de cabos para barcos — respondí.

Also for ship ropes, I replied.

Botes, construcción de botes, redes, cabos, todas esas cosas.

Boats, boat building, nets, ropes, all those things.

No podemos dejar cabos sueltos.

We can't leave any loose ends.

Northstar tenía un juego nuevo de cabos.

Northstar had a new set of ropes.

Al oírlo, até cabos.

Upon hearing it, I put two and two together.

Velas, cabos, redes y artículos navales.

Sails, ropes, nets, and marine supplies.

Pero sí que oigo hablar de cabos y lona para velas.

But I do hear people talking about ropes and sailcloth.

Era fácil bajar cabos hasta el Noon Sun.

It was easy to lower ropes down to the Noon Sun.