⚠ Site currently under repair ⚠

Search Issues: Update 2026-08-17 - Repairs are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!

Some of our more complex, multi-field searches (such as the search field on our homepage and Search All Fields) are currently under repair and may not work as expected.

Thank you to all our users who emailed to alert us to the problem! We hope to have it repaired soon.

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

P

A | B | C/CH | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z
Letter P: Displaying 1421 - 1440 of 1591

potectli.

dust.
See full entry.

potēhui.

for spoiling food or a dead animal to stink.
# huele rico un tipo de comida lo que ya esta echado a perder y cuando esta muerto un aniaml silvestre o un animal domestico y no lo entierran luego. “hace ocho días Jorge se murió su perro en el monte y ahora apesta mucho”.
See full entry.

potēhuīltiā.

to allow food to spoil.
# una persona deja que se eche a perder un tipo de carne. “Edgar lo hizo apestar su carne de pollo porque no lo preparó luego, luego cuando llego a su casa”.
See full entry.

potēhuiya.

for a food that is spoiling to stink.
# huele rico un tipo de comida lo que ya esta echado a perder y cuando esta muerto un aniaml silvestre o un animal domestico y no lo entierran luego. “hace ocho días Jorge se murió su perro en el monte y ahora apesta mucho”.
See full entry.

potia.

pohtiɑː

to make equal; to pair up, to join two things together

See full entry.

potoctli.

the grease secreted by the rind of a citrus fruit.
See full entry.

potocyō.

the grease secreted by the rind of a citrus fruit.
See full entry.

Poton.

Orthographic Variants: 
Poto

a person's name (attested as male)

See full entry.

potoni.

potoːni

to stink or smell bad (see Molina); can relate to the weather and dust storms

See full entry.

potonia.

potoːniɑ

to place some kind of a poultice with everyday feathers and turpentine (?); or, to cover someone with feathers (see Molina)

See full entry.

potoniliztli.

potoːnilistɬi

a stink, stench, bad smell (see Molina)

See full entry.

potonqui.

potoːnki

something very smelly, stinky; or, dry powders, finely ground; or, flour well sifted (see Molina)

See full entry.

potro.

a colt; a young horse; or a device made of wood to detain horses when they are being doctored
(a loanword from Spanish)

See full entry.

potza.

poːtsɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
pōtza

to throw up earth, to burrow (see Karttunen)

See full entry.

pōtza.

root of ĒLPŌTZA. for ants to make their anthill.
# una persona llena demasiado uan cosa. “cuando Benito va a cosechar su milpa llena demasiado su costal porque no quiere dar dos vueltas”.
See full entry.

pōtzahui.

root of PŌTZOĀ. to swell.
See full entry.

potzalli.

potsɑlli

a mound (see Karttunen), or a hill

See full entry.

pōtzaquiā.

to stuff s.t. with s.t. else.
See full entry.

pōtzaquiliā.

to stuff s.t. that belongs to s.o. with s.t.
See full entry.

potzauhtimani.

to spread thickly (speaking of facial hair, for example; see Sahagún)

See full entry.