junta de freguesia

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “parish council”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.tɐ d͡ʒi fɾe.ɡeˈzi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.ta de fɾe.ɡeˈzi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.tɐ dɨ fɾɛ.ɡɨˈzi.ɐ/ [ˈʒũ.tɐ ðɨ fɾɛ.ɣɨˈzi.ɐ]

Noun

junta de freguesia f (plural juntas de freguesia)

(Portugal) parish council (local administrative unit, building)

See also

câmara municipal

Further reading

“junta de freguesia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026