What is "una administración exedil"?
I'm reading an article for my Spanish class I'm taking and this one part especially confuses me. FYI, the article is discussing a project named BasManagua in Nicaragua that is creating jobs and doing good for the planet by transforming garbage into something of value.
---- ---- -- "La estructura tuvo un costo de 250 mil dólares, de fondos italianos y de la municipalidad como parte del proyecto BasManagua que arrancó en 2008 durante la administración del exedil, Dionisio Marenco, con una partida total que alcanzó 1.3 millones de euros." --- --- ----
There are several areas that confuse me here, but the main issue is the section in bold. For example, I can't figure out what "exedil" and "una partida total" means.
1 Answer
Welcome to the forum.
I believe that "exedil" is a misspelling of "ex edil". The word "edil" refers to a government official, frequently a mayor of a council member. If that is the case, this could be translated as :"the administration of the former mayor".
"Partida" in this context refers to the cost, or the entry of the money amount in the ledger of accounts. "Una partida total" would generally mean "at a total cost".
