de cabo a rabo

Portuguese

Etymology

de (“from”) + cabo (“head”) + a (“to”) + rabo (“tail”)

Adverb

de cabo a rabo (not comparable)

(idiomatic) to a complete extent; one hundred percent; completely; utterly; fully

Spanish

Adverb

de cabo a rabo

(idiomatic) completely, utterly, fully
Synonyms: de cabo a cabo, de pe a pa
(idiomatic) from start to finish, all the way through

Further reading

“de cabo a rabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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