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saco.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
saco.
Principal English Translation: 

jacket
(a loanword rom Spanish)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Auh in nocalço opa yas Sa Joan Teotijuaca yhua ynosaco yhua ynospaua yhua nahui aneca tlaoli yhua nahui anecas pitzahuaquetl yhua nahui anec[as] ahuax yhua nahui anecas alhuexo ome nohuilo yhua ume pitzome yhua cepohuali yhua matlatl pesos jomanilis noquartiatzin = Asisimiso mando que mis calzones se lleven a San Juan Teotihuacan, y mi saco y mi espada y cuatro fanegas de maíz y cuatro fanegas de frijol, y cuatro fanegas de habas y cuatro fanegas de alverjón y dos novillos, dos lechones, y treinta pesos, lo cual se dará al Padre guardián (San Francisco Temascalapan, Edo de México, 1598)
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), 312–313.