ayuntamiento
noun
a municipal government.
ayuntamientos
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pluralof ayuntamiento.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In Mexico the ayuntamientos were under the most rigid responsibility to see that free children born of slaves received the best education that could be given them.
From The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War by Carter Godwin Woodson
He wrote to various friends in Madrid to exert themselves for the suspension of the unfriendly ayuntamientos above mentioned.
From Maximina by Armando Palacio Valdés
The de facto government was accepted as a necessity, and under its direction "alcaldes" and "ayuntamientos" were elected.
From Tennessee's Partner by Bret Harte
The press was muzzled, and the local ayuntamientos were deprived of their rights, and became merely the means for the collection and distribution of the funds of the municipalities.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
The distinction between hidalgo and pechero has been abolished in modern Spain, but the powers and the constitution of ayuntamientos have been subject to many modifications.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
