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cofre.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
cofre.
Principal English Translation: 

coffer

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

centetl huapalcuezcomatl ome ixic yhuan centetl cofre yhuan ome metlatl = una troje de tablas que tiene dos portañuelos, y un cofre e dos piedras de moler (San Juan Teotihuacan, 1563)
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), 144–145.