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espuela.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
espuela.
Principal English Translation: 

spur (for use with a horse) (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

nicpia se silla yca freno espuelas = I have a saddle with its bridle and spurs (Saltillo, 1682)
Leslie S. Offutt, "Levels of Acculturation in Northeastern New Spain; San Esteban Testaments of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," Estudios de cultura náhuatl 22 (1992), 409–443, see page 434–435.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

ce mula [tlil]tic de cilla yca mochi freno espuelas = tengo una mula prieta de silla con todo su ajuar, espuelas, etcétera (Cuautitlan, Tepozotlan, 1639)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 212–213.

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