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leer.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
leer.
Principal English Translation: 

to read
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

ao quimati leer (Tlaxcala, 1566)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 1.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yn cocoxqui auel quitlalli ytoca ipanpa amo quimati leer = El enfermo no pudo escribir su nombre porque no sabe leer. (Tlaxcala, 1581)
Catálogo de documentos escritos en náhuatl, siglo XVI, vol. I (Tlaxcala: Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala y el Archivo Histórico del Estado de Tlaxcala, 2013), 277.

themes: 
Education
Writing, Literacy