nagual
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of nagual
< Mexican Spanish nagual, nahual < Nahuatl nāhualli
Example Sentences
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“I’m not. It’s only the nagual coming home.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
The nagual must have wiped my mind clean when we first met him.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
“Oh no, you don’t,” the nagual said, using my elbows as leverage to lift me from the ground.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
“Tonantzin! Madre Santa, forgive me,” the nagual begged, as he cowered away from the radiance of the goddess.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Had the nagual been too powerful for her?
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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