democracia

See also: democràcia

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

democracia f (plural democracies)

1. democracy

Related terms

• democráticu

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /demoˈkɾaθja/ [d̪e.moˈkɾa.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /demoˈkɾaθja/ [d̪e.moˈkɾa.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /demoˈkɾasja/ [d̪e.moˈkɾa.sjɐ]

 

• • Rhymes: -aθja

• • Rhymes: -aθja
  • Rhymes: -asja

 

• IPA^(key): /demokɾaˈθia/ [d̪e.mo.kɾaˈθi.ɐ] (reintegrationist norm)

• IPA^(key): (standard) /demokɾaˈθia/ [d̪e.mo.kɾaˈθi.ɐ] (reintegrationist norm)
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /demokɾaˈsia/ [d̪e.mo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ] (reintegrationist norm)

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

Noun

democracia f (plural democracias)

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

Related terms

• demócrata
• democrático

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.mo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.mo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.mo.kɾaˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.mu.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

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

Noun

democracia f (plural democracias)

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

Related terms

• democrata
• democrático

 

Further reading

• “democracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -aθja
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: de‧mo‧cra‧cia

Noun

democracia f (plural democracias)

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

Derived terms

• antidemocracia
• democracia cristiana
• democracia directa
• democracia liberal
• democracia plutocrática
• democracia representativa

 

Related terms

• demócrata
• democrático
• democratizar

 

Further reading

• “democracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014