alcalde

Meaning

mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/alˈkalde/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alcalde, from Old Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).

Sentences

O alcalde e o comisario.

The Mayor and the Commissioner.

Foi alcalde de Viveiro .

He was the mayor of Vancouver.

Nese mesmo ano foi reelixido como alcalde da cidade novamente.

In the same year, he was re-elected mayor of the city.

Coa chegada da Segunda República foi elixido concelleiro e tenente de alcalde .

With the arrival of the Second Republic he was elected councillor and lieutenant mayor.

Volveu ser elixido alcalde nas sucesivas eleccións sempre con maioría absoluta.

He was re-elected mayor in successive elections with an absolute majority.

Caballero destacou o cambio desta vila co novo alcalde socialista .

Gentleman highlighted the change of this village with the new Socialist Mayor.