ayuntamiento
Americannoun
plural
ayuntamientos-
a municipal government.
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a town hall or city hall.
Example Sentences
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Durante una aparición en 1994 del entonces presidente Clinton en un ayuntamiento de MTV para abordar el aumento de la violencia, un miembro de la audiencia le preguntó: “¿Son calzoncillos o calzoncillos?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2023
Almost immediately he organized its governing assembly, or ayuntamiento.
From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.
The ayuntamiento which came into power with the Republic was Federal.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
A city watchman, with a pipe in his mouth, looked drowsily and frowsily out of the town-hall or ayuntamiento.
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
The actual body which met and directed municipal affairs was the ayuntamiento, made up of the more important magistrates and officials, of whom there was usually a considerable number and variety.
From American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 by Cheyney, Edward Potts
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