cabildo

[kah-veel-daw, kuh-bil-doh]

noun

Spanish.

plural

cabildos 

1. the chapter house of a cathedral.

2. a town council, especially in Latin America.

3. a town hall in colonial Spanish America.

Example Sentences

A day after the president’s initial announcement, Guido Manini Ríos, leader of the right-wing Cabildo Abierto party, which is in a coalition with Mr. Lacalle Pou’s conservative National Party, came out against the idea of converting the sculpture and threatened to introduce a parliamentary bill to prevent the eagle’s destruction.

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The exhibition at the Cabildo in New Orleans will continue into next year.

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The signing ceremony was in the Cabildo in New Orleans, just outside the room where the Louisiana Purchase was finalized, transferring Louisiana from France to the United States in 1803.

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In Los Angeles, communities with higher poverty rates have three times as many cases as wealthier communities, Advancement Project senior fellow Maria Cabildo said.

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Cabildo foresaw the coronavirus’ spread to Los Angeles’ poorer areas back when the virus was reported to primarily affect wealthy people.

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