republiqueta

English

Alternative forms

• republiquette (from French républiquette)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish republiqueta, from república (“republic”) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix).

Noun

republiqueta (plural republiquetas)

1. (politics, derogatory) A small and recently created republic, with a precarious organization and weak institutions.

   Near-synonym: banana republic

   • 1968, F. Seth Singleton, The African States and the Congo Affair, 1960-1965, page 80:

     Lumumba replied by going on the air to congratulate "our brothers of the North Congo," in "the republiquette of the Abbe Youlou."

   1. (specifically, history) An independence-seeking guerrilla group in 19th-century South America.

Translations

Translations

• French: républiquette (fr) f
• German: Republikchen n
• Italian: repubblichetta f
• Portuguese: republiqueta (pt) f
• Spanish: republiqueta f

Portuguese

Etymology

república (“republic”) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pu.bliˈke.tɐ/ [he.pu.bliˈke.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pu.bliˈke.tɐ/ [he.pu.bliˈke.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pu.bliˈke.tɐ/ [χe.pu.bliˈke.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pu.bliˈke.ta/ [he.pu.bliˈke.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.pu.bliˈke.tɐ/ [ʁɛ.pu.βliˈke.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: re‧pu‧bli‧que‧ta

Noun

republiqueta f (plural republiquetas)

1. republiqueta

Spanish

Etymology

república (“republic”) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix)

Noun

republiqueta f (plural republiquetas)

1. republiqueta

Descendants

• → English: republiqueta