English

Proper noun

Paco

1. A male given name of Spanish origin.

Anagrams

• acop
• APCO
• capo
• OPAC

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa̠.ko̞]
• See also: peco, pico, poco

Proper noun

Paco m

1. A diminutive of the male given name Francisco.

Synonyms

• Pancho
• Quico

Derived terms

• Pacorro
• Paquito

Anagrams

• capo
• copa
• poca

English

Noun

paco ‎(plural pacos or pacoes)

1. (archaic) alpaca
2. An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)

   • 1880, John Percy, Metallurgy: the art of extracting metals from their ores (page 652)

     Mr. Ratcliffe has sometimes found them to contain arsenic in an oxidized state, combined with ferric oxide, and once he met with a paco ore mainly composed of antimony ochre.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin pāx ‎(“peace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.tso/

Noun

paco ‎(accusative singular pacon, plural pacoj, accusative plural pacojn)

1. peace

   Post tri longaj jaroj la popolo soporis pacon.

   After three long years, the people yearned for peace.

   La deziro al paco sidas en ĉiu homa koro.

   The desire for peace resides in each human heart.

Antonyms

• malpaco

Derived terms

• malpaco

Italian

Verb

paco

1. first-person singular present indicative of pacare

Anagrams

• capo
• poca

Latin

Etymology

From pāx ‎(“peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.koː/

Verb

pācō ‎(present infinitive pācāre, perfect active pācāvī, supine pācātum); first conjugation

1. I make peaceful, pacify, quiet, soothe; subdue.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (pacify): pācificō

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• paco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “paco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to bring about a peace: pacem conciliare (Fam. 10. 27)
    
  • (ambiguous) to make peace with some one: pacem facere cum aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to break the peace: pacem dirimere, frangere
    

Spanish

Noun

paco m ‎(plural pacos, feminine paca)

1. (chiefly Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) male paca
2. (colloquial, pejorative, Latin America) police officer
3. (colloquial, obsolete, Spain) During Spanish occupation in Africa, a Moroccan sniper