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alfiler.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
alfiler.
Principal English Translation:
pin
Attestations from sources in English:
auh ytech quipia ytech tlatlalili ey tepozhuitzmalotl agujas, ahnoço alfileres ca quihtonequi quinezcayotia tlamahuiçolli. =“It has on it, placed on it, three metal needles or pins which mean and signify miracles” (Chimalpahin 2006: 266). [annals (AHT); time range: 1613]