nahuatlato

nahuatlato noun: an interpreter in an indigenous language, not necessarily Nahuatl.

Noun (1)

nahuatlato (plural nahuatlatos)

An interpreter in an indigenous language, not necessarily Nahuatl.
- tranſlated from the Malaye Language, by the King’s Naguatatos, ſo they there call the Interpreters.1708, Bartholomé Leonardo de Argensola (Spanish), John Stevens (English tr.), The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands, p. 119
- In Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza’s 1548 compilation of ordinances, a number deal with the nahuatlatos, prohibiting them from receiving gifts or bribes from Spaniards or Indians, hearing cases in their houses, or acting as procuradores, or soliciters.1995, Susan Kellogg, Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500–1700, page 23
A scholar of Nahuatl.
- It was my hope that the project could be completed with the aid of two of her most esteemed fellow Nahuatlatos and Sahagún scholars, Arthur Anderson and Charles Dibble.1997, H. B. Nicholson, Primeros Memoriales, page 12
- In the year 2000 the celebrated Mexican historian and nahuatlato, Miguel León-Portilla, published his own translation and commentary.2006, Stafford Poole, The Guadalupan Controversies in Mexico, page 114

Nahuatlato (plural Nahuatlatos)

From Spanish nahuatlato, from Nahuatl nāhuatlahtoh.

What does nahuatlato mean?: Nahuatlato means an interpreter in an indigenous language, not necessarily Nahuatl.
What part of speech is nahuatlato?: Nahuatlato is a noun.
What is the plural of nahuatlato?: The plural of nahuatlato is nahuatlatos.

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