Nahuatl

noun

Na·​huatl ˈnä-ˌwä-tᵊl 

: a group of closely related Uto-Aztecan languages that includes the speech of several peoples (such as the Aztecs) of central and southern Mexico and Central America

Nahuatlan

nä-ˈwät-lən 

adjective or noun

Examples of Nahuatl in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Performed in English, Spanish and Nahuatl, with English and Spanish supertitles available throughout the performance. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

The spa El Capricho Spa occupies its own cliff ledge, 6,000 square feet carved into volcanic rock with treatment rooms named after local flowers in Nahuatl—Citlaxochitl (poinsettia), Texochitl (stone flower). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026

The cactus appears in the Aztec codices and the name comes from a Nahuatl word that means a pot covered in spines. — Eyder Peralta, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025

Matthew Restall, for example, has worked indefatigably as a myth buster for dozens of misconceptions for roughly two decades now, and only recently did another historian, Camilla Townsend, stitch together the history of the Aztecs according to their own statements, as recorded in Nahuatl. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Spanish náhuatl, from Nahuatl Nāhuatl

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Nahuatl

• bottle
• cottle
• glottal
• mottle
• pottle
• scrotal
• throttle
• wattle
• chrysotile