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terciopelo.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
terciopelo.
Principal English Translation: 

velvet (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents terciopelo in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

Chiquacenpuali ypan matlactli ome pesos omocovac matlactli ome varas . terciopelo chichiltic mochivaz almaticas nican teopan monequiz. = Twelve varas of red velvet were purchased for 132 pesos. Dalmatics needed by the church will be made here.
Kevin Terraciano, Codex Sierra (2021), 159.

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