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zaragüelles.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
zaragüelles.
Principal English Translation: 

pants, wide and long, with many folds; originally a term associated with clothing from Valencia
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

onicnopieliaya ome nocamisa yhua nauhtetl notilma yhuan ontetl noçarahueles = que tengo dos camisas y cuatro mantas y dos zaragüelles (Santa María Asumpción, México, 1576)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 2, Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVI, eds., Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias Tecnología, 1999), 176–177.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing