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Letter A: Displaying 201 - 208 of 208

ayudante.

assistant

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azada.

Orthographic Variants: 
asada, asadon

a hoe
Leslie S. Offutt, "Levels of Acculturation in Northeastern New Spain; San Esteban Testaments of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," Estudios de cultura náhuatl 22 (1992), 409–443, see page 434–435.

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azadón.

hoe

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azote.

Orthographic Variants: 
açotes

a lash from a whip (see attestations)

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azúcar.

sugar

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azucar.

sugar (attestations to come)

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azul.

Orthographic Variants: 
açul, açol, asul

blue (see attestations)

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azulejo.

glazed tile

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