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Carlos V.

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519–1556), and Charles I, king of Spain (1516–1556)

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Carmelitas.

Carmelites; a Roman Catholic religious order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel founded in the 12th c.
(a loanword from Spanish)

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carnecero.

Orthographic Variants: 
calneçelo

a butcher; this term appears in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco folio 648 recto

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carnero.

Orthographic Variants: 
carnello, galnero

ram, sheep (a loanword from Spanish)

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carnestolendas.

Orthographic Variants: 
carnestoretas

Shrovetide (a Catholic religious observation; a loanword from Spanish)

(ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 142–143.

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carocha.

cattle prod (?) (see attestations)
(a loandword from Spanish)

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Carochi.

e.g. the Jesuit father Horacio Carochi was an expert in Nahuatl; his grammar (Arte de la Lengua Mexicana, 1645) is unequaled, particularly rich for its helpful diacritics

See Sell's comments in Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 20.

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carōnah.

saddle blanket or pad.
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carpintero.

a carpinter
(a loanword from Spanish)

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carrera.

career, major at a university (a loanword from Spanish)

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carrerah.

quickly.
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carrerahhuiā.

to chase s.o. or an animal.
#Una persona, animal salvaje y animal domestico corretean a otro. “Armando corretea a un señor por que le robó”.
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carrerahyoh.

quickly.
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carreta.

Orthographic Variants: 
careta, caleta

cart
(a loanword from Spanish)

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carretilla.

trolley, hand cart, wheelbarrow
(a loanword from Spanish)

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Carrillo.

Orthographic Variants: 
Carillo

the surname of Spanish origin, held by both Spaniards and indigenous people (see attestations)

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carro.

carriage (see attestations)

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carroh.

car.
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carroza.

Orthographic Variants: 
carosa, carrosa

a large coach, richly adorned (see attestations)

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carta de venta.

Orthographic Variants: 
cata de benta, carta de vetan, carta de beta

a bill of sale (a loanword from Spanish)

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