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noun, masculine

alcalde

/alˈkalde/

noun, masculine/alˈkalde/plural: alcaldes

mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality); an official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge; A variation of brisca for three players, that is played with the forty-card pack of Spanish-suited playing cards.

Synonyms: intendente, edil, oficial

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