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petlatitlan icpaltitlan nitlatlapachoa.

Headword: 
petlatitlan icpaltitlan nitlatlapachoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to cover up the blame or wrongdoing of another person (see Molina; who gives this metaphor in the first person singular)

Alonso de Molina: 

petlatitlan icpaltitlan nitlatlapachoa. encubrir culpa de otro. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.