Tegucigalpa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Tegucigalpa, from Classical Nahuatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təˌɡuːsəˈɡælpə/[1][2], /təˌɡuːsiˈɡælpə/[3], /tɛˌɡuːsiˈɡælpə/[4], /teɪˌɡuːsiˈɡælpə/[5], /tɛˌɡuːsiˈɡɑːlpɑ/[1], /teɪˌɡuːsiˈɡɑːlpɑ/[2]
Audio (Southern England); /tɛˌɡuːsiˈɡælpə/: (file) - Rhymes: -ælpə, -ɑːlpɑ
- Hyphenation: te‧gu‧ci‧gal‧pa
Proper noun
Tegucigalpa
- 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, archived from the original on 2 February 2025:
- 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
capital of Honduras
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Tegucigalpa”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Tegucigalpa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “Tegucigalpa”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ “Tegucigalpa”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “Tegucigalpa”, in Google Dictionary, 12 November 2025 (last accessed).
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛɡusɪɡalpa]
Proper noun
Tegucigalpa f (relational adjective tegucigalpský)
- Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)
Declension
Declension of Tegucigalpa (sg-only hard feminine)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Tegucigalpa |
| genitive | Tegucigalpy |
| dative | Tegucigalpě |
| accusative | Tegucigalpu |
| vocative | Tegucigalpo |
| locative | Tegucigalpě |
| instrumental | Tegucigalpou |
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ.ɡu.siˈɡal.pa/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -alpa
- Syllabification: Te‧gu‧ci‧gal‧pa
Proper noun
Tegucigalpa f
- Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)
Declension
Declension of Tegucigalpa
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Tegucigalpa |
| genitive | Tegucigalpy |
| dative | Tegucigalpie |
| accusative | Tegucigalpę |
| instrumental | Tegucigalpą |
| locative | Tegucigalpie |
| vocative | Tegucigalpo |
References
- Tegucigalpa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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
- Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Tegucigalpa, from Classical Nahuatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ceɡut͡siɡalpa/, [ˈceɡut͡siɡalpa]
- Rhymes: -alpa
- Hyphenation: Te‧gu‧ci‧gal‧pa
Proper noun
Tegucigalpa f (genitive singular Tegucigalpy, declension pattern of žena)
- 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, 2003–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl, though the exact word is unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teɡuθiˈɡalpa/ [t̪e.ɣ̞u.θiˈɣ̞al.pa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /teɡusiˈɡalpa/ [t̪e.ɣ̞u.siˈɣ̞al.pa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -alpa
- Syllabification: Te‧gu‧ci‧gal‧pa
Proper noun
Tegucigalpa f
- Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)