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arcochihua.

to make a ceremonial arch

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arcohchīhua.

1. to make a wooden arch for an altar. 2. for a plank to warp in the sun.
# 1. ni. Una persona coloca un palo chueco enSrente del altar o en el patio. “Me mandaron que haga un arco en el altal porque no hago nada”. 2. mo. Se dobla la madera cuando le pega el sol. “Mi papá encierra su madera para que no lo alubre el sol porque no quiere se doblen”.
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arcohtic.

s.t. arched.
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arcopuente.

arch bridge

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arcotic.

curved, arched

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arcotitlan.

next to the arch, at the foot of the arch

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Aries.

Orthographic Variants: 
ariyes, allies

Aries, a zodiac sign; [a term that came into Spanish from Latin and then into Nahuatl] (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
Codex Chimalpahin: Society and Politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Culhuacan, and Other Nahuatl Altepetl in Central Mexico; The Nahuatl and Spanish Annals and Accounts Collected and Recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, eds. and transl. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), vol. 2, 128–129.

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arma reales.

royal coat of arms

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armado.

man in armor

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armas.

weapon(s); often in the plural, as a coat of arms, shield, heraldry (see attestations)

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armiño.

ermine

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Arnulfo.

Saint Arnulf

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ārrabez.

left hand.
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arrechah.

mischievous, flirtatious

s.o. who likes to joke around.
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Arriaga.

a Spanish surname (see attestations)

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arriero.

Orthographic Variants: 
harriero, anrierostin

muleteer (see attestations)

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arroba.

Orthographic Variants: 
arova

a variable measure of weight; in kilograms today in Spain, between 11.5 and 12.5 kg. (see attestations)

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arroz.

rice

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Arteaga.

a last name; e.g. Domingo de Arteaga, a Basque settler in the region of Jalisco who served as corregidor ca. 1560, associated with communities along the coast
Thomas Calvo, Eustaquio Celestino, Magdalena Gómez, Jean Meyer, and Ricardo Xochitemol, Xalisco, la voz de un pueblo en el siglo XVI (Mexico: CIESAS/CEMCA, 1993).

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artículo.

article of faith

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