ditadura

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dictatura, from dictō.

Noun

ditadura f (plural ditaduras)

  1. dictatorship

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictātūra, dictātor (“chief magistrate”), from dictō (“to dictate, to prescribe”), from dīcō (“to say, to speak”), Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-e- (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.taˈdu.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.taˈdu.ɾa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.tɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [di.tɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

Noun

ditadura f (plural ditaduras)

  1. dictatorship (a government led by a dictator)
    Synonym: tirania
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