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matzanelli.

Headword: 
matzanelli.
Principal English Translation: 

"it's okay, no problem," a remark made when one takes pleasure in the misfortune of others (see Molina and Siméon)

IPAspelling: 
mɑtsɑnelli
Alonso de Molina: 

matzanelli. ende mal, del que se goza del mal de otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 53v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

matzanelli (adv.) = está bien, ni modo. Se dice cuando uno se alegra del mal de otros.
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1988), 262.