alcalde
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of alcalde
1605–15; < Spanish < Arabic al-qāḍī the judge
Example Sentences
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El alcalde del condado de Maui, Richard Bissen, dijo en rueda de prensa que se había confirmado la muerte de seis personas a causa de los incendios.
From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023
“To many of you he was Mayor Riordan or even just mayor. El alcalde de Los Ángeles. To others he was a lawyer, a business partner, a teacher or a philanthropist,” Riordan said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023
“Kennedy es aún el segundo tipo más odiado en Miami”, el inmigrante cubano Raúl Masvidal dijo, en 1985, cuando se postuló para alcalde de Miami.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2019
Esa experiencia cambió mi vida y la he llevado conmigo en cada posición que he tenido: abogado de derechos civiles, concejal municipal, alcalde, vicegobernador, gobernador y senador.
From Time • Nov. 3, 2016
In that year Francisco del Cano, sent by the "very magnificent alcalde mayor," went north and discovered the "Lake of New Mexico," perhaps Laguna de Parras.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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