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sábana.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
sábana.
Principal English Translation: 

a bed sheet
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Auh yn tlaxelli yc mochihua ontetl fleçala yhua otetl sahuanos yhua pesas caxitl = Y los trastes con que se amasaba del amasijo, dos fresadas y dos sábanas, y las pesas con que se pesaba (Amecameca, 1625)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 170–171.

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