tapatío

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl tapatiotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tapaˈtio/ [t̪a.paˈt̪i.o]
• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: ta‧pa‧tí‧o

Adjective

tapatío (feminine tapatía, masculine plural tapatíos, feminine plural tapatías)

1. of, from or relating to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Noun

tapatío m (plural tapatíos, feminine tapatía, feminine plural tapatías)

1. native or inhabitant of Guadalajara (male or of unspecified gender)

Further reading

• “tapatío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10