a municipal council, or a town hall, in Latin America
Word origin
C19: from Spanish, from Latin capitulum little head, chapter, from caput head
cabildo in American English
(kɑːˈvildɔ, English kəˈbɪldou)
nounWord forms: plural-dos (-ðɔs, English -douz) Spanish
1.
the chapter house of a cathedral
2.
a town council, esp. in Latin America
3.
a town hall in colonial Spanish America
Examples of 'cabildo' in a sentence
cabildo
The viceroyal palace and the «cabildo» houses were burned and many shops plundered.
Gonzalbo Aizpuru, Pilar 2008, 'El nacimiento del miedo, 1692. Indios y españoles en la Ciudad de México', Revista de Indiashttp://revistadeindias.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revistadeindias/article/view/655/726. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)