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nahuatlatoltia.

Headword: 
nahuatlatoltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to interpret, translate

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

neltilistli melahuac ca otes mo caquistililico in tlatoani mo nahua tlatoltia ipan tlacpac tlasontecoyan palasio = es verdad cierta que nos vino á interpretar, el Sr. que habla náhuatl allá Arriba, en el Palacio, lugar de Justicia (Estado de Hidalgo, ca. 1722?)
Rocío Cortés, El "nahuatlato Alvarado" y el Tlalamatl Huauhquilpan: Mecanismos de la memoria colectiva de una comunidad indígena (New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, Colonial Spanish American Series, 2011), 31, 43.