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noun, masculine

nahuatlato

/nawaˈtlato/

noun, masculine/nawaˈtlato/plural: nahuatlatos

a person who spoke Nahuatl and Spanish and could serve as an interpreter; a person who speaks, studies or translates Nahuatl

1539, Inquisitorial trial of the cacique of Tetzcoco mi Procurador ha dado la memoria de los testigos al naguatatomy attorney has given the witnesses' recollections to the interpreter

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nāhuatlahtoh.