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**Consort** refers to the relationship between La Malinche and Hernán Cortés. La Malinche was an Indigenous woman from the Nahua people who served as an interpreter and advisor to Cortés during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Their relationship was complex, with La Malinche playing a crucial role in facilitating communication between the Spanish and the Indigenous people. She also became Cortés' lover, giving birth to his first son in Mexico.