Acapulco

See also: acapulco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Acapulco, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Acapolco, from acatl (“reed”) +‎ -pol (“big”) +‎ -co (“at, to, from”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.kəˈpʊl.koʊ/, /ˌæ.kəˈpʊl.koʊ/

Proper noun

Acapulco

1. A port city on the west coast of Guerrero, Mexico.
   • 1988, Phil Collins, “Loco in Acapulco”, in Indestructible, performed by Four Tops:

     Going loco down in Acapulco / If you stay too long / Yes, you'll be going loco down in Acapulco / The magic down there is so strong

   • 2025 June 19, Mary Gilbert, “Erick, the strongest hurricane to hit Mexico so early in the year, triggers deadly flooding”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 August 2025:

     Guerrero state Gov. Evelyn Salgado said all movement in Acapulco and other beach communities was to be suspended at 8 p.m. Wednesday in a post on X, and schools across the state were to remain closed through Thursday.

2. A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.

Derived terms

• Acapulcan
• Acapulco gold
• acapulcoite

Translations

Mexican port city

• Amuzgo:

  Guerrero Amuzgo: Ndaabꞌio

  San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: Jndaavꞌio

• Bulgarian: Акапу́лко (Akapúlko)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿卡普爾科 / 阿卡普尔科 (zh) (Ākǎpǔ'ěrkē)

• Greek: Ακαπούλκο (Akapoúlko)
• Hindi: अकापुल्को (akāpulko)
• Marathi: आकापुल्को (ākāpulko)
• Nahuatl:

  Central Nahuatl: Acapolco

  Classical Nahuatl: Acapolco

  Coatepec Nahuatl: Akapulko

  Ometepec Nahuatl: Akapulko

  Temascaltepec Nahuatl: Akapolko

• Portuguese: Acapulco f
• Russian: Акапу́лько (ru) n (Akapúlʹko)
• Turkish: Acapulco (tr)

Further reading

• Acapulco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Acapulco.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈpuw.ku/ [a.kaˈpuʊ̯.ku]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɐˈpul.ku/ [ɐ.kɐˈpuɫ.ku]

• Hyphenation: A‧ca‧pul‧co

Proper noun

Acapulco f

1. Acapulco (a city in Guerrero, Mexico)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaˈpulko/ [a.kaˈpul.ko]
• Rhymes: -ulko
• Syllabification: A‧ca‧pul‧co

Proper noun

Acapulco ?

1. Acapulco (a city in Guerrero, Mexico)

Derived terms

• acapulqueño

Tagalog

Proper noun

Acapulco (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜃᜓ)

1. alternative spelling of Akapulko