Save Gender Feminine Usage Nahuatl (Hispanicized) Pronounced Pron. /ma.ˈlintʃe/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Hispanicized form of Malintzin, which was a Nahuatlized form of the Spanish name Marina. Malinche was a Nahua woman who was an interpreter to Hernán Cortés.
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