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Letter C/CH: Displaying 81 - 100 of 285

casa real.

municipal palace
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casa.

house; municipal council building
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casado ica.

married to
(a loanword from Spanish, casado, combined with the Nahuatl ica, through it, etc.)

Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 34.

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casco.

helmet
(a loanword from Spanish)

(ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 164–165.

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castillo.

a castle; a structure with fireworks attached; a feature on the royal coat of arms
(a loanword from Spanish)

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castilteca.

Spaniards
(a loanword from Spanish, rooted in the place of origin, Castilla)

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castizo.

Orthographic Variants: 
castiço, castiçotzin

a person with (theoretically) one-quarter indigenous heritage, three-quarters Spanish; sometimes translated as a "quadroon;" the female version is castiza
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casulla damasco.

a priest's garment
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casulla.

a chasuble
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casulla.

Orthographic Variants: 
caxolla, caxola, casula

a chasuble(s), religious garment

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catedral.

Orthographic Variants: 
catredad, cathedral

cathedral
(a loanword from Spanish)

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catedrático.

Orthographic Variants: 
cathedratico

a member of the cathedral chapter; or, a professor
(a loanword from Spanish)

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católico.

Catholic
(a loanword from Spanish)

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cauallo cacti.

Orthographic Variants: 
caballo cacti

one who puts shoes on horses (see Molina)
(partially a loanword from Spanish; caballo, horse)

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cauallo cactia.

Orthographic Variants: 
caballo cactia

to shoe horses (see Molina)
(partially a loanword from Spanish; caballo, horse)

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cauallo cuitlapiltzontli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cauallo cuitlapiltzuntli, caballo cuitlapiltzontli

horsetail bristles (see Molina)
(partially a loanword from Spanish; caballo, horse)

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cauallo ipan icpalli.

Orthographic Variants: 
caballo ipan icpalli

a saddle for a horse (see Molina; partially a loanword from Spanish; caballo, horse)

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cauallo ipan niauh.

Orthographic Variants: 
caballo ipan niauh

to go or get around by horse (see Molina)
(partially a loanword from Spanish; caballo, horse)

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cauallo mecatl.

Orthographic Variants: 
caballo mecatl

the halter for a horse (see Molina)
(partially a loanword from Spanish; caballo, horse)

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cauallo pati.

Orthographic Variants: 
caballo pati

a veterinary surgeon, a veterinarian
(partially a loanword from Spanish; caballo, horse)

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