alcalde
Spanish, noun/alˈkalde/
alcalde is spelled A-L-C-A-L-D-E (7 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,446th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcalde is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona a cargo de la dirección administrativa o política de un municipio o ciudad”.
What does alcalde mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)
- 2
SpainUSmasculinean official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge
- 3
masculineA variation of brisca for three players, that is played with the forty-card pack of Spanish-suited playing cards.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona a cargo de la dirección administrativa o política de un municipio o ciudad. 2. En ciertas danzas, el principal, que guía a los demás.
noun: 1. Juego de naipes entre seis personas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alcalde
- alcaldes plural
- alcaldesa feminine
- alcaldesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcalde?
- /alˈkalde/
- [alˈkal̪.d̪e]
- [alˈkal̪d̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alcalde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alcalde in Spanish?
alcalde appears 60 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).