dictablanda

English

Etymology

Spanish

Noun

dictablanda (plural dictablandas)

  1. (politics) soft-handed dictatorship

Translations


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/, [d̪iɣt̪aˈβlãn̪d̪a]

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.

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