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pantlaza.

Headword: 
pantlaza.
Principal English Translation: 

to build someone up or extol their virtues (see Molina; with nite-)

IPAspelling: 
pɑntɬɑːsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

pantlaza. nite. (pret. onitepantlaz.) engrandecer o enxalzar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 79v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Martín Pantlaçol = a person name, attested male, a Mexica who was jailed for protesting rising tributes, in July 1564
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 222–223.