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ixtlapoa.

Headword: 
ixtlapoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to uncover the face, to open one's eyes; to take the top off something; to discover the way another person looks

IPAspelling: 
iːʃtɬɑpoɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ixtlapoa. nin. (pret. oninixtlapo.) descubrirse la cara.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 48r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

ixtlapoa. nite. (pret. oniteixtlapo.) descubrir a otro la cara.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 48r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

ixtlapoa. nic. (pret. oniquixtlapo.) descubrir, o desatapar algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 48r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

descubrirse el rostro, abrir los ojos; descubrir el rostro a alguien; destapar algo
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, 230.