ayuntamiento
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish ayuntamiento.
Noun
[edit]ayuntamiento (plural ayuntamientos)
- A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From obsolete ayuntar ("join, gather") + -miento, ultimately from Latin adiūnctus, a contraction of ad- + iūnctus. Note how ayuntamiento preserves the Latin palatal – as does yunta ("yoke [of oxen], team [of horses]"), but not junto ("together"). Both terms equally derive from iūnctus, but only the latter underwent velarisation.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]ayuntamiento m (plural ayuntamientos)
- city council, town council, council (a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen)
- Synonym: alcaldía
- city hall, town hall
- Synonym: alcaldía
- (obsolete, uncountable) sexual intercourse
Further reading
[edit]- “ayuntamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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