autoridad
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin auctōritātem.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /autoɾiˈdad/ [au̯.t̪o.ɾiˈð̞að̞]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: au‧to‧ri‧dad
Noun
[edit]autoridad f (plural autoridades)
- (uncountable) authority (the power to enforce rules or give orders)
- (countable) authority (persons in command)
- (countable) authority (a person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “autoridad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014