regidor
See also: Regidor
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish regidor.
Noun edit
regidor (plural regidors or regidores)
- A position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body).
Translations edit
alderman — see alderman
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
regidor m (plural regidors, feminine regidora)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “regidor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “regidor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish regidor.
Noun edit
regidor (animate, plural regidores or regidoresmeh)
- (he is) a regidor; an alderman or councilman.
- 1583: grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan
- Do jua Migel Regidor
(Don Juan Miguel, regidor.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1720: confirmation of the status of fields belonging to Santa Elena (Tulancingo)
- auh tiquitohua timochintin Gouor Rexidor mor yhuan alcaldes timochintin ofiçiales de rrepublica
(And all of us, governor, regidor mayor, and alcaldes, all of us officials of the commonwealth)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1583: grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan
References edit
- Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 74, 104
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From regir (“to govern”) + -dor.
Noun edit
regidor m (plural regidores, feminine regidora, feminine plural regidoras)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “regidor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014