democracia
See also: democràcia
Aragonese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin democratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /demoˈkɾaθja/
- IPA(key): /demoˈkɾasja/ (Benasquese)
- Syllabification: de‧mo‧cra‧cia
- Rhymes: -aθja
Noun
[edit]democracia f (plural democracias)
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]democracia f (plural democracies)
Related terms
[edit]Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: de‧mo‧cra‧cia
Noun
[edit]democracia f (plural democracias)
- (uncountable) democracy (rule by the people)
- (countable, government) democracy (government under the rule of its people)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “democracia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “democracia”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā). By surface analysis, demo- + -cracia.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]democracia f (plural democracias)
- (uncountable) democracy (rule by the people)
- (countable, government) democracy (government under the rule of its people)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “democracia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “democracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía), equivalent to demo- + -cracia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /demoˈkɾaθja/ [d̪e.moˈkɾa.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /demoˈkɾasja/ [d̪e.moˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: de‧mo‧cra‧cia
Noun
[edit]democracia f (plural democracias)
- (uncountable) democracy (rule by the people)
- 2025 July 7, Sophie Tanno, “Aumentan los llamados para prohibir al partido ultraderechista AfD en Alemania, pese a su creciente popularidad”, in CNN en Español[1], archived from the original on 26 July 2025:
- Diseñado para evitar una repetición del régimen nazi, el sistema político de Alemania se basa en el principio de streitbare Demokratie o “democracia militante”, lo que significa que es una democracia “decidida y capaz de defenderse”.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (countable, government) democracy (government under the rule of its people)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “democracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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- Aragonese terms borrowed from Medieval Latin
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- Rhymes:Aragonese/aθja
- Rhymes:Aragonese/aθja/4 syllables
- Aragonese lemmas
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- an:Forms of government
- Asturian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- Rhymes:Asturian/aθja
- Rhymes:Asturian/aθja/4 syllables
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- ast:Democracy
- ast:Forms of government
- Galician terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- Rhymes:Galician/aθja
- Rhymes:Galician/aθja/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Galician/asja
- Rhymes:Galician/asja/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Galician/ia
- Rhymes:Galician/ia/5 syllables
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- gl:Government
- gl:Democracy
- gl:Forms of government
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kret- (strong)
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₂-
- Portuguese learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
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- Portuguese terms prefixed with demo-
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -cracia
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/iɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iɐ/5 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ia
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ia/5 syllables
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- pt:Government
- pt:Democracy
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aθja
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθja/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/asja
- Rhymes:Spanish/asja/4 syllables
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- es:Government
- es:Democracy
- es:Forms of government