Moncloa

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monˈkloa/
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Syllabification: Mon‧clo‧a

Proper noun

La Moncloa f

  1. Palace of Moncloa, seat of the Spanish prime minister
  2. (metonymically, politics) the central government of Spain
    Coordinate term: Zarzuela
    • 2019 November 24, Isabel Garcia Pagan, “Esquerra buscará una reunión entre gobiernos antes de la investidura”, in La Vanguardia:
      La Generalitat quería hablar de un referéndum y los presos, mientras el Gobierno central se aferraba a reducir la conflictividad entre La Moncloa y la Generalitat, culminar traspasos, activar las inversiones públicas y llegar a acuerdos económicos.
      The Generalitat (government of Catalonia) wanted to talk about a referendum and prisoners, while the central government clung to reducing the conflict between the Generalitat and the Moncloa (government of Spain), completing transfers, encouraging public investment and reaching an economic agreement.

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