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tlepan quetza.

Headword: 
tlepan quetza.
Principal English Translation: 

to connect or ensnare someone through witchcraft (recognizing that Molina's term "hechizos" conveys a cultural lens)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlepan quetza. nite. (pret. onitetlepanquetz.) ligar a otro con hechizos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 147v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Religion (Indigenous)