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ixtlapaltic.

Headword: 
ixtlapaltic.
Principal English Translation: 

a daring person, or very presumptuous

IPAspelling: 
iːʃtɬɑhpɑltik
Alonso de Molina: 

ixtlapaltic. atreuida y osada persona, o muy presumptuosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 48r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

amo ixtlapaltic = he has a short-sighted outlook
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, 230.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

ixtlapaltic = valiente, orgulloso, presuntuoso;
amo ixtlapaltic = que tiene corta vista
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, 230.