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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin conciliābulum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /konθiˈljabulo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /konsiˈljabulo/
- Rhymes: -abulo
- Syllabification: con‧ci‧liá‧bu‧lo
Noun
conciliábulo m (plural conciliábulos)
- secret meeting or conversation
1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:¡Ah! Y qué sabrosísimos comentarios, qué cristianas reflexiones se podían escuchar de las comadres que en conciliábulo en la carnicería del barrio, comentaban piadosamente la existencia de sus vecinos- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2016 July 30, “Salida del gobierno y profundización de la democracia en las aulas”, in El Nacional:Democracia instalada como conjunto de valores que vaya más allá de cogollos o conciliábulos, de componendas para la corrupción, de poderes públicos enajenados y subalternos que sirven de modelaje para una delincuencia y una violencia instaladas como manera inevitable de ser.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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