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ganado.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
ganado.
Principal English Translation: 

livestock -- usually ganado mayor and ganado menor, varying by the size of the animals, with sheep and goats, for example, being in the minor group, and can be found in the expression "sitio de ganado mayor" or "sitio de ganado menor," referring to stockraising estates
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Yey sitios ganado menor oticcohuilique Juan de Carrion yhuan Alonso de Carrion caxtiltecatl = tres sitios de ganado menor, que compramos a Juan de Carrión y a Alonso de Carrión, españoles (Tepexi de la Seda, 1621)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 122–123.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
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