cabildo

From Spanish, from Latin capitulum.

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈbɪɫdoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈbɪldəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɪldəʊ

cabildo (plural cabildos)

1. A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities.
2. A town hall in some Spanish-speaking countries.

From Late Latin capitulum, diminutive of Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of capítulo.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbildo/, [kaˈβil̪d̪o]

cabildo m (plural cabildos)

1. Body of churchmen that forms the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church.
2. A town council or other governing body at a local level.
3. An assembly or meeting held by such a governing body.
4. The place where such an assembly is held; cabildo.

• (local government council): ayuntamiento

• cabeza
• capitular
• capítulo

• English: cabildo

• “cabildo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.