alcalde

American  

[al-kal-dee, ahl-kahl-the] / ælˈkæl di, ɑlˈkɑl ðɛ /

Also alcade

noun

alcaldes plural

1. a mayor having judicial powers.

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alcalde British  

/ alˈkalde, ælˈkældɪ, ælˈkeɪd /

noun

1. (in Spain and Spanish America) the mayor or chief magistrate in a town

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• alcaldes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of alcalde

1605–15; < Spanish < Arabic al-qāḍī the judge

Example Sentences

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alcalde alcaldes

“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

The alcalde sent a written record of the proceeding to a judge in Saltillo, the state capital, who decided the outcome.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

Shouted a supporter at his inauguration: "¡Un alcalde para to-dos!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Whereupon he conducted me across the plaza, to the house of the alcalde, where I found the rustic dignitary seated in the passage, enjoying the refreshing coolness of a draught of air which rushed through. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Securing other families from Saltillo, in 1584 he founded San Luis, near the later Monterey, and appointed Castaño de Sosa alcalde mayor.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

At the end of the year, when the re-election of the alcaldes took place, violent disputes arose, which necessitated the intervention of Chacon and the Bishop Valdes.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

The corregidores and alcaldes also exercise the functions of a justice of the peace in the cantons and rural districts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

Subordinate to the prefects are the sub-prefects in the provinces, the corregidores in the cantons and the alcaldes in the rural districts—all appointed officials.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

The great evil arises from the fact that alcaldes are allowed to trade, and hence business absorbs all their energies for the six years of their office, for during that time they must become rich.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Bourne, Edward Gaylord

The soldier, Morales, was advanced in years, and limped with one foot, he was one of the ordinary alcaldes of Vera Cruz, where he kept good order and was considered an honest man.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal