alcaldesa

== Spanish == === Etymology === From alcalde (“mayor”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alkalˈdesa/ [al.kal̪ˈd̪e.sa] Rhymes: -esa Syllabification: al‧cal‧de‧sa === Noun === alcaldesa f (plural alcaldesas) female equivalent of alcalde, female mayor (colloquial) mayor's wife === Further reading === “alcalde”, 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