Example sentences for: malinche

How can you use “malinche” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the performances of some groups there is a queen, La Reina, but in others she might be called La Malinche, the Indian woman who became the mistress of Cortés, who represents innocence or the Church.

  • Contemporary Chicanas have taken La Malinche as a positive role model to illustrate and explain the survivalist psyche of the Chicana in modern society.

  • Cortés abandoned her to return to Spain, and according to the legend Malinche killed their son with a knife.

  • To many Chicanas Malinche has become a symbol for the socioeconomic and educational limitations of contemporary life.

  • Upon learning her name, Cortés had her christened as Doña Marina, and she became known to everyone by that name, although her Aztec name was Malintzin, which possibly the Spaniards pronounced Malinche, so she was also called by this name.


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