López

See also: Lopez

English

Proper noun

López

A town in San Jerónimo department, Santa Fe, Argentina.
A municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico.
A patrilineal surname from Spanish.

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Lope +‎ -ez. Cognate to Portuguese Lopes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlopeθ/ [ˈlo.peθ] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /ˈlopes/ [ˈlo.pes] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -opeθ (Spain)
Rhymes: -opes (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: Ló‧pez

Proper noun

López m or f by sense

a surname originating as a patronymic
López (a town in San Jerónimo department, Santa Fe, Argentina).
López (a municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico).

Descendants

→ Cebuano: Lopez
→ English: Lopez, López
→ Hiligaynon: Lopez
→ Ilocano: Lopez
→ Tagalog: Lopez

Further reading

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