(a loanword from Spanish)
a Spanish surname; e.g. fray Juan de Torquemada was the Franciscan friar who wrote the Monarquia indiana, which was published in Seville in 1615; he apparently drew from codices for this monumental work about the indigenous peoples of (primarily) central Mexico
ahcico callaquico in yancuic comissario ytoca fray chistoual Ramirez. españa hualmohuicac. quihualmohuiquilli yn cenca mahuiztililoni Padre fr. Juan torquemada = arrived and entered here in the city of Mexico and at [the church of] San Francisco the new commissary named fray Cristóbal Ramírez; he came from Spain. He was accompanied by the very reverend father fray Juan de Torquemada (central Mexico, 1613)
Axcan Sabado ynic 18. mani metztli henero de 1614 años. yhcuac muchiuh Capitulo. yn xuchmilco. yehuatzin oncan quiz muchiuhtzino prouincial yn cenca mahuiztililoni Padre fr. Juan de torquemada, quipatlac oncan quicauh yn itequiuh fr. hernando Duran ynic prouincial catca = Today, Saturday the 18th of the month of January of the year 1614, was when a provincial chapter meeting [of the Franciscans] was held at Xochimilco. The very reverend father fray Juan de Torquemada turned out to be made provincial head there; he replaced fray Hernando Durán, who at that point relinquished his former post as provincial head (central Mexico, 1614)