ayuntamiento
- noun
- /aɪˌjʊn.təˈmɛn.toʊ/
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ayuntamiento
- The new building for the ayuntamiento was inaugurated last month.
Examples
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The ayuntamiento is responsible for organizing local events in the town.
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The ayuntamiento usually permitted carnival singing by turning a blind eye to the festival.
Academic text (1994) -
In short, their experiences first as "vecinos" of a town and later as members of an ayuntamiento prepared Mexicans to become citizens of a republic by the mid-1820s.
Academic text (1997) -
During wartime, regional army leaders paid little heed to intendants, subdelegates, urban ayuntamientos, or other officials who stood in their way.
Academic text (1990) -
Moratin's triumph produced no immediate heirs of merit, and the new Principe (opened in 1807) was placed back under the control of the Ayuntamiento (City Hall).
Academic text (1993) -
Until 1810, the civilian- and local-dominated ayuntamientos, urban city and town councils, maintained controls by virtue of their rights to propose officer candidates for royal commissions from the urban and regional elites.
Academic text (1990) -
Every week, the ayuntamiento holds a meeting to discuss community issues.
Synonyms
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People who run a town or city and provide local services
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A town or city that has its own local government and the people who run it
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A group that runs public services for a town or area
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A building where local government offices work and meet the public
A building where local leaders meet to run the town
A building where local government works and holds public meetings
A building where the local town government works and gives official documents
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Etymology
The word ayuntamiento comes from the old Spanish verb ayuntar, which means 'to join' and is like the English word join. So an ayuntamiento is a place where people 'join' to make decisions and manage the town, meaning the town council or the building where they meet.