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jarro.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
jarro.
Principal English Translation: 

a pitcher for liquids
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yhuan ome chiquiuhtotonti yhuan ome jaro chichiltic yhuan ey tepitoton yhuan ce chapa tepiton ce acahuipili = y también dos chiquihuitillos chicos, y también dos jarros colorados y también tres chicos y una chapa chica, un chiquihuite de caña (Xochimilco, 1650)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 242–243.