tirania

See also: tiranía

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tyrannia, from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ti.ɾəˈni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ti.ɾaˈni.a]

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Noun

tirania f (plural tiranies)

1. tyranny

Related terms

• tirà
• tirànic

Further reading

• “tirania”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos)bor.

Latin tyrannusbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese tirano

Portuguese tirano

Portuguese -ia

Portuguese tirania

From tirano + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾaˈni.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾɐˈni.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧ni‧a

Noun

tirania f (plural tiranias)

1. tyranny (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
2. tyranny (extreme severity or rigour)

Further reading

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