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

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Etymology

Origin of alcalde

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

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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

Mexico was rebuilt in 1522 as a Spanish municipality, Pedro de Alvarado, the most notable of Cortés's lieutenants, being made first alcalde mayor.

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

Señor," said the alcalde, with a low inclination of the head, "may your residence here be a brief one.

From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.

Mas advocates strenuously the prohibition of trade granted to alcaldes and an extension of their term of office.

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 Edward Gaylord Bourne

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

A very important person, General Esteban Huertas, commander of the troops in Panama, was easily enrolled, as were also alcaldes, chiefs of police, and other important officials.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon Mills

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

At the same time, through their control of the election of alcaldes and other local officers they gave to the local administrations a stability which they might not otherwise have enjoyed.

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

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