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Marina or Malintzin [maˈlintsin] (c. 1500 – c. 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche [la maˈlintʃe], a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. [1]
His father, conquistador Hernán Cortés, and his mother, Malintzin, Cortés's guide, interpreter, and companion, named him Martín after the Roman god of war and Cortés's father. [4]: 4–12 When Martin was only two years old his mother and father left him in the care of Juan Altamirano, Cortés's cousin, to go on an expedition to Honduras. [5]
She is often known as La Malinche and also sometimes called "Malintzin" or Malinalli. [66] Later, the Aztecs would come to call Cortés "Malintzin" or La Malinche by dint of his close association with her. [67] Bernal Díaz del Castillo wrote in his account The True History of the Conquest of New Spain that Marina
Furthermore, the Indians gave the Europeans 20 young women, including a woman who has been referred to as Malintze, [13] Malintzin, and Malinalli by differing sources. The Spaniards gave her the name Dona Marina, and she served as counselor and interpreter for Cortés. Later, Cortés had a son with her. [7]: 80–82
The King of Campeche gave Cortés a second translator, a bilingual Nahua-Maya slave woman named La Malinche (she was known also as Malinalli [maliˈnalːi], Malintzin [maˈlintsin] or Doña Marina [ˈdoɲa maˈɾina]). Aguilar translated from Spanish to Mayan, and La Malinche translated from Mayan to Nahuatl.
Among these women was a young Maya noblewoman called Malintzin, [113] who was given the Spanish name Marina. She spoke Maya and Nahuatl and became the means by which Cortés was able to communicate with the Aztecs. [112] From Tabasco, Cortés continued along the coast, and went on to conquer the Aztecs. [115]
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Among these women was a young Maya noblewoman called Malintzin, [83] who was given the Spanish name Marina. She spoke Maya and Nahuatl and became the means by which Cortés was able to communicate with the Aztecs. [82] Marina became Cortés' consort and eventually bore him a son. [83]