sátrapa
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin satrapēs (“governor”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sátrapa m (plural sátrapas)
- (historical) satrap (governor of a Persian province)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin satrapēs (“governor”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sátrapa m (plural sátrapas)
- (historical) satrap (governor of a Persian province)
- (colloquial) person that governs in a despotic and arbitrary fashion, usually making ostentation of their power
Further reading[edit]
- “sátrapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Rhymes:Spanish/atɾapa
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