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centlatectli tocino.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
centlatectli tocino.
Principal English Translation: 

a ham of bacon, or a piece of something, a slice of something, or a large slice of fish (see Molina)
(partially a loanword from Spanish, tocino, bacon)

Alonso de Molina: 

centlatectli tocino. vn jamon de tocino, o vn pedazo de alguna cosa, vna reuanada de algo, o vna rueda o tarazon de pescado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking