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noun, masculine

nahuatlato

/nawaˈtlato/

noun, masculine/nawaˈtlato/plural: nahuatlatos

nahuatlato is masculine in Spanish.

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 naguatato” — my attorney has given the witnesses' recollections to the interpreter

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nāhuatlahtoh.