alcalde
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”). Doublet of qadi and casis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ʔɐlˈkal.dɛ/
Noun
[edit]alcalde (plural alcaldes)
- In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions.
- 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter I, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 10:
- There's to be a fair, you know. The alcalde announced it. He's got a good head for business, our alcalde has.
Usage notes
[edit]- Not to be confused with alcaide.
Derived terms
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈkal.ðə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [alˈkal.ðe]
- Rhymes: -alde
- Hyphenation: al‧cal‧de
Noun
[edit]alcalde m or f by sense (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldessa)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alcalde” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “alcalde” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “alcalde”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Chibcha
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish alcalde.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alcalde
References
[edit]- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْقَاضِي, from Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alcalde (animate, plural alcaldesmeh)
- A municipal judge or member of the cabildo.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 14r:
- Alcalde. lo miſmo.
- A magistrate. the same.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alcalde, from Old Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alcalde m (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldesa, feminine plural alcaldesas)
- mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)
- 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 127:
- Pero Ares d'Aldãa, tenente lugar ẽna dita billa e torres dela por noso señor o arçebispo de Santiago dom Lopo, e Pero Falcon, juis, Juan Garçia Rouquo, Lourenço Yanes de Pastoris, alcaldes, Alvaro Lopes, Garçia Goterres, Afonso Basques, Fernan Basques, jurados, Pero de Plazer, procurador do dito Conçello, diseron que por rason que algũus mercadores e suas mercadorias e navios se temian e reçeavan de vĩir a esta dita billa e seu porto con as ditas suas mercadorias e navios, entendendo de seer prendados e penorados por las mercadorias que Gonçalvo Correa tomara eno dito porto e levara ẽna barcha chamada per nome "Rostro Fremoso"
- Pedro Ares de Aldán, lieutenant in this town [Pontevedra] and it's towers on behalf of our lord the archbishop of Santiago Don Lopo, and Pedro Falcón, judge; Xoán Garcia Rouco, Lourenzo Yanes de Pastoriza, mayors; Álvaro López, Garcia Gotérrez, Afonso Vázquez, Fernán Vázquez, councilors; Pedro de Placer, town agent; they said that since certain merchants and their goods and ships feared and distrusted coming to this town and harbor with their mentioned goods and ships, believing that they would be seized and confiscated because of the trade goods that Gonzalo Correa took at this harbor and carried away in the ship named "Beauty Face";
- 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 127:
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alcalde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alcalde”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alcalde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alcalde”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alcalde”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).
Noun
[edit]alcalde m (plural alcalzi)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) alcalde | alcaldeul | (niște) alcalzi | alcalzii |
genitive/dative | (unui) alcalde | alcaldeului | (unor) alcalzi | alcalzilor |
vocative | alcaldeule | alcalzilor |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish alcalde, alcalle, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alcalde m (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldesa, feminine plural alcaldesas)
- mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)
- Synonyms: (Argentina) intendente, edil
- (Spain, Southwestern US) an official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge
- Synonym: oficial
- (card games) A variation of brisca for three players, that is played with the forty-card pack of Spanish-suited playing cards.
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alcalde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Catalan/alde
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- Rhymes:Spanish/alde
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