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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An animal form which a person may take.

   "She has a nahual for every day of the week."

2. 2
   A person who is able to take an animal form.

   "They suspected that the man was a nahual."

Example

More examples

"She has a nahual for every day of the week."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nahual, from Classical Nahuatl nāhualli (“sorcerer, spirit, animal form a person may take”).

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