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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”). Doublet of qadi and casis.
Pronunciation
Noun
alcalde (plural alcaldes)
- In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alcalde m or f by sense (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldessa)
- mayor
Further reading
Chibcha
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alcalde.
Pronunciation
Noun
alcalde
- mayor
References
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْقَاضِي, from Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alcalde (animate, plural alcaldesmeh)
- A municipal judge or member of the cabildo.
Derived terms
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alcalde, from Old Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈkalde/
- Rhymes: -alde
- Hyphenation: al‧cal‧de
Noun
alcalde m (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldesa, feminine plural alcaldesas)
- mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)
- 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 127:
Pero Ares d'Aldãa, tenente lugar ẽna dita billa e torres dela por noso señor o arçebispo de Santiago dom Lopo, e Pero Falcon, juis, Juan Garçia Rouquo, Lourenço Yanes de Pastoris, alcaldes, Alvaro Lopes, Garçia Goterres, Afonso Basques, Fernan Basques, jurados, Pero de Plazer, procurador do dito Conçello, diseron que por rason que algũus mercadores e suas mercadorias e navios se temian e reçeavan de vĩir a esta dita billa e seu porto con as ditas suas mercadorias e navios, entendendo de seer prendados e penorados por las mercadorias que Gonçalvo Correa tomara eno dito porto e levara ẽna barcha chamada per nome "Rostro Fremoso"- Pedro Ares de Aldán, lieutenant in this town and it's towers on behalf of our lord the archbishop of Santiago Don Lopo, and Pedro Falcón, judge; Xoán Garcia Rouco, Lourenzo Yanes de Pastoriza, mayors; Álvaro López, Garcia Gotérrez, Afonso Vázquez, Fernán Vázquez, councilors; Pedro de Placer, town agent; they said that since certain merchants and their goods and ships feared and distrusted coming to this town and harbor with their mentioned goods and ships, believing that they would be seized and confiscated because of the trade goods that Gonzalo Correa took at this harbor and carried away in the ship named "Beauty Face";
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alcalde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alcalde”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alcalde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alcalde”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alcalde”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).
Noun
alcalde m (plural alcalzi)
- alcalde
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish alcalde, alcalle, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈkalde/
- Rhymes: -alde
- Syllabification: al‧cal‧de
Noun
alcalde m (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldesa, feminine plural alcaldesas)
- mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)
- Synonyms: (Argentina) intendente, edil
- (Spain, Southwestern US) an official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge
- Synonym: oficial
- (card games) A variation of brisca for three players, that is played with the forty-card pack of Spanish-suited playing cards.
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