dictablanda

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish

Noun

dictablanda (plural dictablandas)

1. (politics) soft-handed dictatorship

Translations

soft-handed dictatorship

• Portuguese: ditabranda f
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Spanish

FWOTD – 25 April 2014

Etymology

A pun on dictadura (“dictatorship”), reanalyzing the -dura as being the adjective dura (“hard”) and replacing it with the adjective blanda (“soft”). Compare Portuguese ditabranda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diɡtaˈblanda/ [d̪iɣ̞.t̪aˈβ̞lãn̪.d̪a]

Noun

dictablanda f (plural dictablandas)

1. a soft-handed dictatorship
   • 1994, Santiago Álvarez, Negrín, personalidad histórica, Ediciones de la Torre, page 54:

     […] , durante la dictablanda que sucedió a la dictatura de Primo de Rivera.

     […] , during the soft-handed dictatorship that followed Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship.

Further reading

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