alcaldessa
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alcalde (“mayor”) + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [əl.kəlˈdɛ.sə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əl.kəlˈdə.sə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [al.kalˈde.sa]
- Rhymes: -ɛsa
- Hyphenation: al‧cal‧des‧sa
Noun
[edit]alcaldessa f (plural alcaldesses)
- female equivalent of alcalde, (female) mayor
- 2021 April 14, Cristian Segura, “Ada Colau i Twitter: el risc d’unes xarxes socials massa personals”, in El País[1]:
- La prova, segons el seu parer, és que l'alcaldessa no ha tancat encara el compte de Twitter.
- The evidence, in his opinion, is that the mayor hasn't shut down her Twitter account.
- (dated) mayor's wife