Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in a city or town; a town council, usually composed of alcaldes, regidors, and other municipal officers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
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- noun A
corporation or body ofmagistrates in cities and towns inSpain , corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Birriria Mary's on the square is making birria with cash donations (left pocket of the apron for victims, right pocket for the business: standard book keeping!) and the ayuntamiento is also receiving donations People from all over town are bringing their shopping carts filled with clothing, etc.
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The ayuntamiento consisted of the official members, and of
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Los miembros del Concejo ó cabildo ó ayuntamiento ó corporación municipal se llaman Concejales ó regidores.
Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) C. A. Toledano
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Folsom, Howard, Leidesdorf, and others, knowing the importance of a name, saw their danger, and, by some action of the ayuntamiento, or town council, changed the name of Yerba Buena to "San Francisco."
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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About 4 o'clock next morning (September 14th) a deputation (p. 332) of the _ayuntamiento_ (city council) waited upon me to report that the federal government and the army of Mexico had fled from the capital some three hours before; and to demand terms of capitulation in favor of the church, the citizens, and the municipal authorities.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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To serve as the chief executive officer of the municipality the _ayuntamiento_ regularly elects from its own number an _alcalde_, or mayor, although in the larger towns appointment of the mayor is reserved to the crown.
The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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Each province is divided into municipalities, which are governed by municipal councils (ayuntamientos), with an alcalde, or mayor, at the head of each ayuntamiento.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Every village not large enough to form a municipality has a sub-mayor (alcalde pedaneo), governing the village in dependence upon the ayuntamiento of the municipality of which it form a part.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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[9] _Regimiento_: the body of regidors, who never exceeded twelve, forming a part of the municipal council, or _ayuntamiento_, in every capital of a jurisdiction.
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Don Horacio, steadily growing more slender and weak, but ever erect in his eternal new frock coat, continued taking his daily stroll, adjusting his life to the ticking of the clock of the ayuntamiento.
The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897
john commented on the word ayuntamiento
From a comment by frangarnes on murcielago:
Spanish definition of ayuntamiento:
1. Acción y efecto de ayuntar o ayuntarse.
2. Corporación compuesta de un alcalde y varios concejales para la administración de los intereses de un municipio.
3. Casa consistorial.
4. Junta (reunión de personas para tratar algún asunto).
5. Coito.
(My 'macaronic') English translation of that:
1. Action or effect of 'ayuntar' or 'ayuntarse'.
2. Corporation composed of a mayor and several town councillors for the government of a town.
3. Town hall (or city hall).
4. Meeting, assembly.
5. Coitus.
May 5, 2009
seanahan commented on the word ayuntamiento
Sort of like congress can be used in English.
May 6, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word ayuntamiento
That explains a lot.
August 5, 2011
sionnach commented on the word ayuntamiento
And, of course, ayuntamiento is panvocalic.
August 5, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word ayuntamiento
Of course!
August 5, 2011
bilby commented on the word ayuntamiento
Ayuntar is related to Italian aggiungere and English adjoin.
August 6, 2011