ditabranda

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Modifying ditadura, by reinterpreting -dura as dura (hard) and replacing it with branda (soft), probably on the model of Spanish dictablanda.

Noun

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ditabranda f (plural ditabrandas)

  1. (politics) dictablanda (soft-handed dictatorship)