cabildo

From Spanish cabildo, from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapter, chapiter, capitule, and capitulum.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈbɪldoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈbɪldəʊ/
• (New York Latino) IPA^(key): [kəˈbɪʊd̪o(ʊ)]
• Rhymes: -ɪldəʊ

cabildo (plural cabildos)

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

Inherited from Late Latin capitulum.

cabildo m

1. lectern
   • 1017(?), Fuero de León‎^[1]:

     et uiengan todos primero uiernes de coraesma al cabildo de Sca. Maria de Riegla et estabelescam las mesuras del pam et del uino et delas carnes et el preçio delos lauradores

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• Asturian: cabildru, cabildu

From Spanish cabildo, from Latin capitulum.

cabildo m (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”). Considering the /i/ < Latin /ĭ/, possibly an early borrowing or otherwise semi-learnèd (cf. French chapitre). Doublet of capítulo. Compare English chapter.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbildo/ [kaˈβ̞il̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ildo
• Syllabification: ca‧bil‧do

cabildo m (plural cabildos)

1. body of churchmen that forms the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church
2. town council or other governing body at a local level

   Synonym: ayuntamiento

   • 2016 October 28, “Tenerife considera persona 'non grata' a Lutz Bachmann”, in ElDiario.es‎^[2]:

     Todos los grupos representados en el Cabildo de Tenerife han acordado este viernes declarar persona non grata al líder xenófobo alemán Lutz Bachmann, que reside en el sur de la isla desde hace meses.

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3. assembly or meeting held by such a governing body
4. the place where such an assembly is held; cabildo

• → English: cabildo

• “cabildo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025