ayuntamiento

American  

[ah-yoon-tah-myen-taw] / ɑˌyun tɑˈmyɛn tɔ /

noun

Spanish.

plural

ayuntamientos

1. a municipal government.

2. a town hall or city hall.

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Example Sentences

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

The ayuntamiento of Monterey, in accordance with the decree, chose a commissioner for each of the seven Missions of the district.

From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton

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

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)

Don Horacio, steadily growing more slender and weak, but ever erect in his eternal new frock coat, continued taking his daily stroll, adjusting his life to the ticking of the clock of the ayuntamiento.

From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Douglas, Frances