| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Portuguese term or phrase: | freguesia & concelho | | English translation: | parish/townland, municipality, | | Entered by: | xxxLia Fail |
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Law/Patents | | Portuguese term or phrase: freguesia & concelho | in birth certificate - Portugual
freguesia de X
concelho de Y
Both are legal circumscriptions , districts - freguesia originally = parish
Is a freguesia a neighborhood size, whereas a concelho is of a city? |
| | | municipality, parish | Explanation:
I agree with DSandin about county vs municipality. My country has counties but within the counties there are admin areas, so one would go to the appropriate admin area (=municipality) to register a birth. Also municipality is quite clear in meaning and can refer to a town as well as to surrounding country, i.e. it's not limited strictly to populated areas. Counties are really more geographical and often very old/ancient boundaries, and admin of these tends to change from century to century.
Freguesia could be parish, borough (British, but not Irish, and tends to refer to parts of cities) or townland (= parish but less 'religious', used a lot in Ireland)
If the birth cert is portugues and for a person who was 'christened' I would stick to parish
100 hits in Google for freguesia + parish
13 hits for freguesia + borough
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xxxLia Fail
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21 hrs | municipality, parish
Explanation:
I agree with DSandin about county vs municipality. My country has counties but within the counties there are admin areas, so one would go to the appropriate admin area (=municipality) to register a birth. Also municipality is quite clear in meaning and can refer to a town as well as to surrounding country, i.e. it's not limited strictly to populated areas. Counties are really more geographical and often very old/ancient boundaries, and admin of these tends to change from century to century.
Freguesia could be parish, borough (British, but not Irish, and tends to refer to parts of cities) or townland (= parish but less 'religious', used a lot in Ireland)
If the birth cert is portugues and for a person who was 'christened' I would stick to parish
100 hits in Google for freguesia + parish
13 hits for freguesia + borough
| xxxLia Fail
Spain
Local time: 00:17
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in pair: 164
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6 days | "Concelho" is bigger than "Freguesia".
Explanation:
Perhaps, "District" for "concelho" and "Parish/County" for "Freguesia".
I have seen a tendency to translate "County" as "Condado" also, due to the root word being "count (a noble man)".
Regards.
Luis M. Luis
| Luis Luis
United States
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