despótico

See also: despotico

Portuguese

Etymology

déspota +‎ -ico

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈpɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈpɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃˈpɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈpɔ.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃˈpɔ.ti.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɔtiku, -ɔt͡ʃiku
• Hyphenation: des‧pó‧ti‧co

Adjective

despótico (feminine despótica, masculine plural despóticos, feminine plural despóticas)

1. (government) despotic (of or relating to a despot)
2. (government) despotic (acting or ruling as a despot)

Further reading

• “despótico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “despótico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From déspota +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desˈpotiko/ [d̪esˈpo.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -otiko
• Syllabification: des‧pó‧ti‧co

Adjective

despótico (feminine despótica, masculine plural despóticos, feminine plural despóticas)

1. despotic

Further reading

• “despótico”, 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