Dzina lakale la Cuernavaca lotchedwa Puerto Rico linali Cuauhnáhuac; kuyambira pamenepo anthu anali okongola kwambiri.
Akuti anthu aku Spain omwe adabwera ndi Hernán Cortés, osatha kutchula dzina loyambirira la tawuniyi, Cuauhnáhuac - "m'mphepete mwa nkhalango", ku Nahuatl, likulu la zamalonda komanso zamalonda zochokera ku Tlahuica -, adasankha kuyitcha Cuernavaca.
Mu 1397 Cuauhnáhuac adagonjetsedwa ndi Mexica. Acamapichtli, mbuye wa Mexico-Tenochtitlan, adagwira anthuwo chifukwa chakuchita bwino kotulutsa thonje ndipo, koposa zonse, chifukwa inali njira yabwino kwa apaulendo ake ogulitsa komanso ankhondo ake. Ndi malo ake enieni, "pang'ono pang'ono kuchokera ku kuusa moyo", monga momwe Alfonso Reyes akananenera nthawi ina ponena za kuyandikira kwa Cuernavaca ku Mexico City, komwe kwapangitsa kuti ikhalebe yotsogola kwakanthawi. . Mwinanso chuma chambiri cha Cuernavaca ndi mtundu wake, chifukwa cha masamba obiriwira komanso mithunzi yamatsenga yamaluwa, yomwe imawoneka ngati ikukula mwa kufuna kwawo, ndikusintha malo awo akale.
Zovala zam'mbuyomu ku Spain, nyumba zakale zamakoloni ndi zomangamanga zamakono zimadzitamandira chifukwa chokhala mogwirizana pansi pa thambo lamtambo la Cuernavaca. Nyengo yabwinoyi imapempha alendo kuti abwerere mobwerezabwereza kapena kuti asiye kotheratu kuti akhale nyumba yawo. Ojambula odziwika komanso aluntha, asayansi komanso akatswiri amakanema ochokera konsekonse padziko lapansi amabwera ku Cuernavaca tsiku lililonse kuti "asangalale ndi kupumula", makilomita 70 okha kuchokera ku mzinda waukulu ku Latin America.
Dera lalikulu la Cuernavaca ndi poyambira ulendo woyenda modabwitsa womwe mlendoyo sadzaiwala, wofunitsitsa kupeza chuma m'misewu yake, ngodya zake komanso kukongola kwa malo ake.
