Acapulco

American

[ak-uh-pool-koh, ah-kah-pool-kaw] / ˌæk əˈpʊl koʊ, ˌɑ kɑˈpul kɔ /

noun

a seaport and resort in SW Mexico, on the Pacific.

Acapulco British

/ akaˈpulko, ˌækəˈpʊlkəʊ /

noun

Official name: Acapulco de Juárez. a port and resort in SW Mexico, in Guerrero state. Pop: 761 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Acapulco Cultural

City on Mexico's Pacific coast.

Discover More

A fashionable resort known for its beaches and water sports, which include cliff diving.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Worldwide, a hurricane killed hundreds in Acapulco and Indonesia recorded one of its worst droughts on record.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The Norwegian also lost a week ago during the first round of the Acapulco Open, falling to Chinese qualifier Yibing Wu in straight sets.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The Cuauhtémoc left Acapulco, Mexico, on 6 April on a tour that included stops in New York and Aberdeen, Scotland, for the city's Tall Ships race in July.

From BBC • May 18, 2025

He was a senior judge who had been president of the highest court in the state of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

And it was in Acapulco, in a “jukebox honky-tonk,” that they had met the hairy-legged and hearty Otto.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023