How to pronounce “Acapulco”

Hear how “Acapulco (Mexican beach city)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

Acapulcoah-kah-POOL-koh

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Breakdown

Meaning	Mexican beach city
Syllables	a · ca · pul · co (4)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: PUL.
IPA	/a.ka.ˈpul.ko/

Keep every vowel short and pure: a = "ah", e = "eh", i = "ee", o = "oh", u = "oo". No gliding.

Acapulco está en la costa del Pacífico.Acapulco is on the Pacific coast.

Los clavadistas de Acapulco son famosos.Acapulco's cliff divers are famous.