ayuntamiento
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish ayuntamiento.
Noun edit
ayuntamiento (plural ayuntamientos)
- A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From obsolete ayuntar ("join, gather") + -miento, ultimately from Latin adiūnctus, a contraction of ad- + iūnctus. Note how ayuntamiento preserves the Latin palatal – as does yunta ("yoke [of oxen], team [of horses]"), but not junto ("together"). Both terms equally derive from iūnctus, but only the latter underwent velarisation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ayuntamiento m (plural ayuntamientos)
- city council, town council, council (a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen)
- Synonym: alcaldía
- city hall, town hall
- Synonym: alcaldía
- (obsolete, uncountable) sexual intercourse
Further reading edit
- “ayuntamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014