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cerradura.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
cerradura.
Principal English Translation: 

lock
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

auh yn isquich y¯ nochantlatqui . onicpiaya y¯ puertas . cerraduras . mochi niccēcahua = And I relinquish entirely all the household appurtenances I had, the doors and locks and everything (Coyoacan, 1575)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 20, 112–113.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Nicpia ome caxa huehuey yca zeraduras yguan llaves = También declaro y digo que tengo dos cajas grandes con sus herraduras y sus llaves (Tepexi de la Seda, 1621)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 118–119.