Aztecas in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Aztecas Info

Aztecas

A náhuatl-speaking people of Central America who in the fourteenth century established a brilliant but tyrannical civilization in central and southern Mexico. The capital was Tenochtitlán, built on reclaimed marshland which became Mexico City. Renowned for their jewelry, the Aztecs were also skilled architects and used a writing system based on pictographs and hieroglyphs. The Aztec calendar followed a 52-year astronomical cycle. They worshipped the plumed serpent Quetzalcóatl and the war-god Huitzilopochtli, whom their priests appeased by human sacrifice. The Aztec empire collapsed in 1521 after defeat by the Spanish under Hernán Cortés and Pedro de Alvarado.

See also náhuatl, náhuatl², náhuatl¹

náhuatl Info

náhuatl

Nahuatl was the main language of the Aztecs and is still spoken today in Mexico. Spanish words that come from Nahuatl include chocolate, tomate, chile, and coyote.

I.náhuatl² <pl nahuas> N mf (indígena)

náhuatl

Nahuatl

II.náhuatl² N m (idioma)

náhuatl

Nahuatl

náhuatl¹ <pl nahuas> ADJ

náhuatl

Nahuatl

azteca

azteca mf:

azteca

Aztec

See also Aztecas

Aztecas Info

Aztecas

A náhuatl-speaking people of Central America who in the fourteenth century established a brilliant but tyrannical civilization in central and southern Mexico. The capital was Tenochtitlán, built on reclaimed marshland which became Mexico City. Renowned for their jewelry, the Aztecs were also skilled architects and used a writing system based on pictographs and hieroglyphs. The Aztec calendar followed a 52-year astronomical cycle. They worshipped the plumed serpent Quetzalcóatl and the war-god Huitzilopochtli, whom their priests appeased by human sacrifice. The Aztec empire collapsed in 1521 after defeat by the Spanish under Hernán Cortés and Pedro de Alvarado.

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el sistema escriturístico azteca

the Aztec system of writing

usos aztecas que sobreviven en México

Aztec customs which survive in Mexico

Translations for Aztecas in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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azteca

Aztec

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Aztecas in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Aztecas in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.azteca ADJ

azteca

Aztec

el equipo azteca (en fútbol)

Mexico

II.azteca N mf

azteca

Aztec

azteca

azteca

The Indian tribe of the aztecas built up a vast and powerful empire between the 14th and 16th centuries in the southern and central part of Mexico, which was conquered by the Spanish in 1521. The language of the aztecas was náhuatl.

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Aztec

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Aztecas Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

el equipo azteca (en fútbol)

Mexico

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Spanish

Los aztecas contaban y calculaban siguiendo el sistema vigesimal.

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Según ellos, se trata de espíritus de los aztecas, otomíes o totonacas.

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Murmuran en tétricos muros ocultos los antiguos sacerdotes aztecas musitando una plegaria náhuatl que nadie entiende.

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Cuando los aztecas reescribieron su historia, trataron de demostrar sus vínculos con los toltecas.

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Los pipiles tenían un calendario casi idéntico al de los aztecas, con el tonalpohualli de 260 días y el xihuitl de 365 días.

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Los aztecas de un espíritu indómito, se dedicaron a la pesca, la agricultura y el comercio.

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Los aztecas, y antes los mayas, enriquecían con vainilla una bebida espesa hecha a base de cacao.

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Los aztecas vencerían a los chichimecas y establecerían su imperio expansionista.

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Los aztecas y mayas, en la región mesoamericana, y los incas, en la andina, desarrollaron sociedades urbanas.

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Los aztecas crearon una técnica que les permitió cultivar sobre el agua: las chinampas.

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