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zazo quen nel.

Headword: 
zazo quen nel.
Principal English Translation: 

well, that's the way it is; or, it cannot be any other way

Orthographic Variants: 
zazo quennel, çaço quennel, çaço quen nel
Alonso de Molina: 

zazo quennel. pues es assi, o pues que no se pudo escusar, ni puede ser de otra manera. aduerbio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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