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hablar con referencia y tener acatamiento a todos

English translation: speak respecfully and be submissive

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Spanish term or phrase:	hablar con referencia y tener acatamiento a todos
English translation:	speak respecfully and be submissive
Entered by:	Beatriz Mendiondo

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17:05 Aug 6, 2008

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Art/Literary - Archaeology

Spanish term or phrase: hablar con referencia y tener acatamiento a todos

And another question from these quotes from the Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva España by Bernardino de Sahagún. The section after this talks about "mujeres desvergonzosas" so these are "virtuous women" but I don't understand this phrase:

Usan también las mujeres teñir los cabellos, con lodo prieto o con una yerba verde que se llama xiuhquilitl, por hacer relucientes los cabellos a manera de color morado y también limpian los dientes con color colorado o grana… Usaban también pintar las manos con todo el cabello y pecho. …También las señoras usaban de bañarse y enjabonarse y ser vergonzosas y ****hablar con referencia y tener acatamiento a todos*** y ser diestras y diligentes en las cosas necesarias a la comida y bebida...

Patricia Rosas KudoZ activity Questions: 1427 (none open) (60 closed without grading) Answers: 1631 United States
Local time: 11:05

speak respecfully and be submissive

Explanation:
or 'behave submissively' como dijo _Poimandres_

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Beatriz Mendiondo
Local time: 14:05

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4	speak coherently and behave submissively	_POIMANDRES_
4	speak respecfully and be submissive	Beatriz Mendiondo
3	speak with respect and defer to everyone	liz askew