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colchon.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
colchon.
Principal English Translation: 

mattress
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yei freçada tepito yçoliuhqui cente[tl] colcho xayal yçoliuhqui = tres fresadas viejas chiquitas y un colchón de sayal viejo (Toluca, 1621)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 134–135.

yn ipan nicochi nocolchon yhuan yxpepech preceta nicmacatehua yn nonamic ytoca Justina = el colchón en que duermo y la frazada, se la dejo dada a mi mujer Justina (Tizatlan, Tlaxcala, 1595)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 2, Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVI, eds., Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias Tecnología, 1999), 298–299.