democracia

From Medieval Latin democratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

• IPA^(key): /demoˈkɾaθja/
• IPA^(key): /demoˈkɾasja/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: de‧mo‧cra‧cia
• Rhymes: -aθja

democracia f (plural democracias)

1. democracy

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

• IPA^(key): /demoˈkɾaθja/ [d̪e.moˈkɾa.θja]
• Rhymes: -aθja
• Syllabification: de‧mo‧cra‧cia

democracia f (plural democracies)

1. democracy

• democráticu

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

• • Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: de‧mo‧cra‧cia

democracia f (plural democracias)

1. (uncountable) democracy (rule by the people)
2. (countable, government) democracy (government under the rule of its people)

• “democracia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “democracia” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía). By surface analysis, demo- +‎ -cracia.

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -iɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ia
• Hyphenation: de‧mo‧cra‧ci‧a

democracia f (plural democracias)

1. (uncountable) democracy (rule by the people)
2. (countable, government) democracy (government under the rule of its people)

• “democracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

• IPA^(key): /demoˈkɾaθja/ [d̪e.moˈkɾa.θja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /demoˈkɾasja/ [d̪e.moˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aθja (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: de‧mo‧cra‧cia

democracia f (plural democracias)

1. (uncountable) democracy (rule by the people)
2. (countable, government) democracy (government under the rule of its people)

• “democracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024