autogolpe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish autogolpe.

Noun

autogolpe (plural autogolpes)

1. An autocoup, especially one in a Spanish-speaking country.
   • 1992 April 7, “Into the Fire in Peru”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The U.S. rightly treats this “autogolpe” like an open military coup, suspending all but humanitarian assistance.

   • 2020 December 7, Zeynep Tufekci, “‘This Must Be Your First’”, in The Atlantic‎^[2]:

     Marx was mocking Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte who had just seized power in a coup (or, in the interest of technical precision, an autogolpe), declaring himself emperor.

   • 2020 December 11, Jamelle Bouie, “The ‘Trump Won’ Farce Isn’t Funny Anymore”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Unfortunately for Trump, and fortunately for the country, he has not been able to bend reality to his desires. Key election officials and federal judges have refused his call to throw out votes, create chaos and clear a path for the autogolpe he hopes to accomplish.

Spanish

Etymology

From auto- +‎ golpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /autoˈɡolpe/ [au̯.t̪oˈɣ̞ol.pe]
• Rhymes: -olpe
• Syllabification: au‧to‧gol‧pe

Noun

autogolpe m (plural autogolpes)

1. autogolpe, autocoup, self-coup
   • 2022 December 8, Juan Diego Quesada, Inés Santaeulalia, “Los 180 minutos que hicieron temblar Perú”, in El País‎^[4], retrieved 2022-12-08:

     Esa tranquilidad era ficticia. Tres horas antes, Castillo había anunciado un autogolpe de Estado, como hizo en su día Alberto Fujimori.

     That calm was ficticious. Three hours before, Castillo announced a self-coup d'état, like Alberto Fujimori did back in the day.

Descendants

• → English: autogolpe

Further reading

• “autogolpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• autogolpe de Estado on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es