Spanish Loanwords | V

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Letter V: Displaying 41 - 47 of 47

visitaroa.

to visit with the purpose of making an inspection, to inspect
(a Nahuatlization of the Spanish word visitar)

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visorey.

Orthographic Variants: 
visorrey, visurrey, pisorey

viceroy, or vice-king, highest colonial official, a position held by Spaniards (see also virrey, which is somewhat less common as a loanword in Nahuatl texts)
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 241.

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vísperas.

Orthographic Variants: 
bisperas, pispera, vispera, bisperaz, vesperas

eve (of a saint's day, holiday, etc.), the night before
(a loanword from Spanish)

James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 241.

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vituallero.

Orthographic Variants: 
bitalelo

one who supplies victuals or foodstuffs
(a loanword from Spanish)

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viudo, viuda.

widower, widow

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Vizcaya.

the Basque region of what is now Spain
(a loanword from Spanish)

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voz.

Orthographic Variants: 
buos

voice
(a loanword from Spanish)

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