Example sentences for: nahuatl

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

  • Quetzal is a Nahuatl word referring to a bird found in Central America, and coatl means “snake,” so Quetzalcoatl means a “feathered serpent,” and this god is often called the Plumed Serpent.

  • Witches often take the form of an owl, in New Mexican Spanish called a tecolote, from the Nahuatl word teolotl.

  • ( Analco is Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, and means `on the other side' [of the river].)

  • Avocado was borrowed from Spanish and was originally spelled aguacate . The word's origin is Nahuatl ahuacatl , a word meaning `testicle,' because of the similarity of the shape of the fruit.

  • She identified herself as the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, and speaking in Nahuatl, she asked Juan Diego to go to the Spanish bishop and ask that a temple be built there where she appeared, the mount of Tepeyac.


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