Tegucigalpa

English

Etymology

From Spanish Tegucigalpa, from Classical Nahuatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛˌɡuːsiˈɡælpə/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Tegucigalpa

  1. The capital city of Honduras.
    • 2025 February 1, Annie Correal, “U.S. Military Planes Deliver Deportees to Honduras”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛɡusɪɡalpa]

Proper noun

Tegucigalpa f (relational adjective tegucigalpský)

  1. Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ.ɡu.siˈɡal.pa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alpa
  • Syllabification: Te‧gu‧ci‧gal‧pa

Proper noun

Tegucigalpa f

  1. Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)

Declension

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish Tegucigalpa, from Classical Nahuatl.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.ɡu.siˈɡaw.pɐ/ [te.ɡu.siˈɡaʊ̯.pɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /te.ɡu.siˈɡaw.pa/ [te.ɡu.siˈɡaʊ̯.pa]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.ɡu.siˈɡal.pɐ/ [tɨ.ɣu.siˈɣaɫ.pɐ]

Proper noun

Tegucigalpa f

  1. Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tegucigalpa, from Classical Nahuatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈteɡut͡siɡalpa]

Proper noun

Tegucigalpa f (genitive singular Tegucigalpy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Tegucigalpa (the capital of Honduras)

References

  • Tegucigalpa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl, though the exact word is unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teɡuθiˈɡalpa/ [t̪e.ɣ̞u.θiˈɣ̞al.pa] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /teɡusiˈɡalpa/ [t̪e.ɣ̞u.siˈɣ̞al.pa] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -alpa
  • Syllabification: Te‧gu‧ci‧gal‧pa

Proper noun

Tegucigalpa f

  1. Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)
    Synonyms: Tegus, (nickname) Teguz

Derived terms