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English
Etymology
From Spanish ayuntamiento.
Noun
ayuntamiento (plural ayuntamientos)
- A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
Spanish
Etymology
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 , team "), but not junto ("together"). Both terms equally derive from iūnctus, but only the latter underwent velarisation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aʝuntaˈmjento/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aʃuntaˈmjento/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aʒuntaˈmjento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: a‧yun‧ta‧mien‧to
Noun
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
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