What does nahuatlato mean?
Nahuatlato means An interpreter in an indigenous language, not necessarily Nahuatl.
Nahuatlato
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nahuatlato is a noun meaning An interpreter in an indigenous language, not necessarily Nahuatl.
Meaning
An interpreter in an indigenous language, not necessarily Nahuatl.
More Meanings
- A scholar of Nahuatl.
Example Sentences
tranſlated from the Malaye Language, by the King’s Naguatatos, ſo they there call the Interpreters.
In the year 2000 the celebrated Mexican historian and nahuatlato, Miguel León-Portilla, published his own translation and commentary.
It was my hope that the project could be completed with the aid of two of her most esteemed fellow Nahuatlatos and Sahagún scholars, Arthur Anderson and Charles Dibble.
In Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza’s 1548 compilation of ordinances, a number deal with the nahuatlatos, prohibiting them from receiving gifts or bribes from Spaniards or Indians, hearing cases in their houses, or acting as procuradores, or soliciters.
Word Forms
- nahuatlatos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hispanophone, toltecan, latiner, tenochcan, tlaxcalan, hispanic.
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How do you use nahuatlato in a sentence?
tranſlated from the Malaye Language, by the King’s Naguatatos, ſo they there call the Interpreters.
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