Ayuntamiento in english
town hall
pronunciation: taʊnhɔl part of speech: noun
pronunciation: taʊnhɔl part of speech: noun
In gestures
ayuntamiento = local authority ; town hall ; local government ; municipal government ; local council ; town council ; city hall ; municipal authority ; city council.
Example: The interplay of forces outside their individual control -- government, local authority, trade union, parent institution -- plays havoc with planning exercises.Example: Most CACs occupied office-type accommodation in town halls, libraries and consumer protection departments.Example: With local government reorganization in 1974 came changes in the boundaries of public library authorities.Example: The library's own publications and documents recording the activities of important institutions such as municipal governments, corporations, or the university where the library is located, represent another category of material which often requires indexing by reference librarians.Example: During the last 10 years the service level in the City has fallen and music has stagnated, since the local council library committee froze all expenditure on music in 1984.Example: The aim was to reach as many people as possible; more unusual venues included a meeting of the town council, a church, the market square, and a prison.Example: Among other buildings afire or still smoldering in eastern Baghdad today were the city hall and the National Library which was so thoroughly burned that heat still radiated 50 paces from its front doors.Example: Municipal authorities themselves decide the objectives, scale and structure of their library services.Example: This is because the chief librarian is personally accountable to the next higher level of authority such as the mayor, the city council, the hospital director, or the university president.more:
» a cargo del ayuntamiento = local authority-run .
Example: There are over 70 local authority-run consumer advisory services each handling an average of about 20,000 enquiries a year.» Centro de Información sobre el Ayuntamiento = Kommune Information Centre [Servicio de información sobre todas las cuestiones relativas al gobierno de la ciudad que es típico de los países escandinavos] .
Example: Thus a Kommune Information Centre may well be one providing information about the local authority and should not be equated with 'community information centre'.» concejal del ayuntamiento = local councillor .
Example: The library may also arrange for local councillors to hold a rota of surgeries once a week.» del ayuntamiento = local authority-run .
Example: There are over 70 local authority-run consumer advisory services each handling an average of about 20,000 enquiries a year.» funcionario del ayuntamiento = city official ; city worker .
Example: Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate. Example: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.» gestionado por el ayuntamiento = city-administered .
Example: By city-administered examination and promotion, his current salary range would be equalled and surpassed within a year to a year and a half.» pleno del ayuntamiento = city council meeting .
Example: He was also arrested and handcuffed at two city council meetings in 2006.» sala de juntas del ayuntamiento = town council meeting room .
Example: This article describes the structure and interior design of the new community centre which combines the library with the town council meeting rooms.