paco

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːkəʊ/

paco (countable and uncountable, plural pacos or pacoes)

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

• CoAP, copa, OPAC, OPCA, Copa, acop, APCO, Capo, capo, ACPO

• IPA^(key): /paˈko/

paco f

1. mother
2. parallel aunt

• báco

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "paco", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

From Latin pāx (“peace”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpat͡so]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at͡so
• Hyphenation: pa‧co

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

1. peace

   Antonym: malpaco

   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.

• malpaco
• pacama

Borrowed from Esperanto paco, English peace, French paix, Italian pace, Spanish paz, ultimately from Latin pāx.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat͡so/

paco (uncountable)

1. peace

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ko/
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: pà‧co

Borrowed from Spanish paco, from Quechua p'aqu.

paco m (plural pachi)

1. Synonym of alpaca

• paco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

paco

1. first-person singular present indicative of pacare

• capo, capo-, poca

From Proto-Italic *pakō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to join, fasten”); or, a denominal formed from pāx (“peace”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.koː/, [ˈpäːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ko/, [ˈpäːko]

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

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

   Synonyms: pācificō, expugnō, superō, dēvincō, subiciō, subigō, ēvincō, domō, opprimō

2. (Late or Medieval Latin) to settle, satisfy

Conjugation of pācō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pācō	pācās	pācat	pācāmus	pācātis	pācant
	imperfect	pācābam	pācābās	pācābat	pācābāmus	pācābātis	pācābant
	future	pācābō	pācābis	pācābit	pācābimus	pācābitis	pācābunt
	perfect	pācāvī	pācāvistī	pācāvit	pācāvimus	pācāvistis	pācāvērunt, pācāvēre
	pluperfect	pācāveram	pācāverās	pācāverat	pācāverāmus	pācāverātis	pācāverant
	future perfect	pācāverō	pācāveris	pācāverit	pācāverimus	pācāveritis	pācāverint
passive	present	pācor	pācāris, pācāre	pācātur	pācāmur	pācāminī	pācantur
	imperfect	pācābar	pācābāris, pācābāre	pācābātur	pācābāmur	pācābāminī	pācābantur
	future	pācābor	pācāberis, pācābere	pācābitur	pācābimur	pācābiminī	pācābuntur
	perfect	pācātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pācātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pācātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pācem	pācēs	pācet	pācēmus	pācētis	pācent
	imperfect	pācārem	pācārēs	pācāret	pācārēmus	pācārētis	pācārent
	perfect	pācāverim	pācāverīs	pācāverit	pācāverīmus	pācāverītis	pācāverint
	pluperfect	pācāvissem	pācāvissēs	pācāvisset	pācāvissēmus	pācāvissētis	pācāvissent
passive	present	pācer	pācēris, pācēre	pācētur	pācēmur	pācēminī	pācentur
	imperfect	pācārer	pācārēris, pācārēre	pācārētur	pācārēmur	pācārēminī	pācārentur
	perfect	pācātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pācātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pācā	—	—	pācāte	—
	future	—	pācātō	pācātō	—	pācātōte	pācantō
passive	present	—	pācāre	—	—	pācāminī	—
	future	—	pācātor	pācātor	—	—	pācantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pācāre	pācāvisse	pācātūrum esse	pācārī	pācātum esse	pācātum īrī
participles		pācāns	—	pācātūrus	—	pācātus	pācandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pācandī	pācandō	pācandum	pācandō	pācātum	pācātū

• “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
• paco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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
    

paco

1. second-person singular imperfect active of pacati (“to cook”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡sɔ/
• Rhymes: -at͡sɔ
• Syllabification: pa‧co

paco f

1. vocative singular of paca

• IPA^(key): /ˈpako/ [ˈpa.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: pa‧co

Borrowed from Quechua p'aqu (“rojizo”).

paco (feminine paca, masculine plural pacos, feminine plural pacas)

1. reddish (color)

paco m (plural pacos, feminine paca, feminine plural pacas)

1. llama

   Synonym: llama

• → Italian: paco

See paca.

paco m (plural pacos, feminine paca, feminine plural pacas)

1. (chiefly Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) male paca

Unknown; possibly related to pacífico (“peaceful”), (pejoratively) referring to the police as a peacekeeping force.

paco m (plural pacos, feminine paca, feminine plural pacas)

2. (colloquial, derogatory, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama) police officer

• Huang, Y. (2016). Learning Spanish Words Through Etymology and Mnemonics. United Kingdom: Xlibris US.

Of imitative origin (presumably of gunfire).

paco m (plural pacos, feminine paca, feminine plural pacas)

1. (colloquial, obsolete, Spain) During Spanish occupation in Africa, a Moroccan sniper

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Of unclear origin. Possibly a shortening of pasta de cocaína, or a corruption of basuco (“cocaine paste”).

paco m (plural pacos)

1. cocaine paste
2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Spain, Argentina, recreational drug) a cheap drug made from cocaine paste mixed with raticide, caffeine and other chemicals

• “paco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28