Corregiduria

Question

Could not find this in spanishdict.com, but I find it on the web as, "Magistrate," or "Magistrate's office." -- In case anyone else is having trouble with this word.

(My Harper-Collins dictionary, incidentally, does not have the word, but gives, "corregidor" as Chief magisgrate or mayor, and "corregidora" as the wife of the chief magistrate, or mayoress.)

It is not in my dictionary. :) - ian-hill, Apr 17, 2014

Answer 1

juez de primera instancia?

Muchas gracias - creo ATuring (abajo) tiene una buen respuesta también. - Fannie - Fannie, Apr 17, 2014

Answer 2

Fannie, I found a wordreference post that has a similar question:

Someone said this:

"In the original example, there is a series of alternatives to be checked or circled, indicating the "type" of authority issuing the birth certificate. A corregiduría in Colombia is the office of the Justice of the Peace. There is no doubt on any of these points."

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2338705

Thank you ATuring. I think this sounds very likely. I did use, "Magistrate," which I think is probably not misleading, but I'll want to remember this and appreciate the information. - Fannie. - Fannie, Apr 17, 2014

Answer 3

I'm not a native but I think this was a play on words.

A corregiduria would be a magistrate of urine if my assumption is correct.

I'm guessing this person is in charge of someone's restroom times, maybe a nurse or a caretaker, or someone is saying that this person is overbearing (She/he is even keeping track of when I ought to piss) etc.

That or it is just another way of saying the word you mentioned earlier, I like my version better though.

See here

Hello amigo - please be careful with the words you use - this is a family site and this answer was flagged - ian-hill, Apr 17, 2014

for "offensive" language. gracias. - ian-hill, Apr 17, 2014

Answer 4

It's the equivalent for ' county ', a portion from a rural area or similar. Regards. Edit: I think DISTRICT fits much better.

Yes, that is true, I think. - annierats, Apr 17, 2014

I think District fits better, Annie. That's how it works in USA, at least. A ' little kingdom ' inside some city or a bigger rural zone ( ' county ' reminds me Generel Lee, Rosco P. Coltrane and The Dukes ) - jctv, Apr 17, 2014

Answer 5

To ATuring: Thank you - it's a cute answer, and I appreciate the humor, but in fact,the term is taken from a Colombian Registro de Nacimiento which I am translating. It's on their official form, so I am fairly confident that it is not a joke or an error, though it's not a term I'd seen before. As I noted, there is a term in my dictionary of "corregidOr," so I'm thinking it is a variant spelling of the word.