dictadura

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dictātūra.

Noun

dictadura f (plural dictadures)

1. dictatorship (a government led by a dictator)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictātūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dik.təˈðu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dik.taˈðu.ɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

dictadura f (plural dictadures)

1. dictatorship

Related terms

• dictador

Further reading

• “dictadura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dictadura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “dictadura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dictadura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Noun

dictadura f (plural dictaduras)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ditadura

Spanish

Alternative forms

• dictaduría (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin dictātūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diɡtaˈduɾa/ [d̪iɣ̞.t̪aˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: dic‧ta‧du‧ra

Noun

dictadura f (plural dictaduras)

1. dictatorship

   Synonym: (archaic) dictaduría

   La dictadura perfecta. ― The perfect dictatorship.

   • 2014, Carmen Pereira-Muro, Culturas de España §9.p. 267:

     En música cabe destacar figuras como el compositor Isaac Albéniz, o el cellista Pau Casals, o al nivel de la cultura popular el grupo de la “Nova Cançó” catalana (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.), que reivindicó la canción en catalán en los últimos años de la dictadura.

     In music, it is worth highlighting people such as the composer Isaac Albéniz, or the cellist Pau Casals, or at the level of popular culture the circle of the Catalan Nova Cançó (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.) which reestablished the value of Catalan songs in the later years of the dictatorship.

Related terms

• dictador

Further reading

• “dictadura”, 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