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Ajuntament

English translation: City Council, Town Council, Municipality

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Spanish term or phrase:Ajuntament
English translation:City Council, Town Council, Municipality
Entered by: Egmont

19:22 Feb 13, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: Ajuntament
This term occurs in a scientific research paper on public transportation:

CONTEXT "...es decir no existe locomoción colectiva que permita a los usuarios llegar hasta las estaciones del metro y realizar una combinación intermodal, comúnmente realizada en ciudades europeas (ver Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2004); "

Is that a typo?
Stuart Allsop
Chile
Local time: 18:26
Town Council, Municipality
Explanation:
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Egmont
Spain
Local time: 00:26
Grading comment
Thanks! Much appreciated.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10Town Council, Municipality
Egmont


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
Town Council, Municipality


Explanation:
+++++


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Egmont
Spain
Local time: 00:26
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks! Much appreciated.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Eugenia Wachtendorff
1 min
  -> Gracias de nuevo por el apoyo :-))
agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington: FYI: "City Council" probably more common in American English, especially for Barcelona.
12 mins
  -> Gracias de nuevo :-))
agree  Kalinka Hristova: Absolutely! Ayuntamiento.
14 mins
  -> Gracias :-))
agree  Miguel Falquez-Certain
17 mins
  -> Gracias de nuevo :-)))
agree  Martin Perazzo: City Council, we're talking about a major city here
28 mins
  -> Gracias! :-)))
agree  Carlos Diaz de Leon: Ditto, City Council (not Municipality)
56 mins
  -> Gracias por tu comentario :-)))
agree  Carol Gullidge: It IS Catalan!
1 hr
  -> Gracias por el comentario :-))
agree  Cecilia Della Croce: es catalán
1 hr
  -> Gracias de nuevo :-))
agree  urst: City Council (http://www.bcn.es/english/ihome.htm)
1 hr
  -> Thanks! :-))
agree  Aïda Garcia Pons: Catalan for Ayuntamiento. See link urst sent. I think in this case it should be "City Council".
5 hrs
  -> Gracias por tu aportación :-))
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