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acto.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
acto.
Principal English Translation:
decree
Attestations from sources in English:
auh yn iuhqui oquicac yn alcalde mayor niman isiuhca otlanahuati mochihuas yn acto ynic niman omotlastihuetz pregon ynic quichihuasque yn masehualtzitzin yn pantzin. = “When he heard that, the alcalde mayor quickly ordered that a decree be issued, so that a proclamation was hastily made that the indigenous people would make bread” (Townsend ed. 2010: 124). [annals (AP); time range: 1683]