oligarca
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.liˈɡaɾ.kə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /u.liˈɡar.kə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.liˈɡaɾ.ka/
Noun
oligarca m or f (plural oligarques)
- oligarch
Related terms
- oligarquia
- oligàrquic
Further reading
- “oligarca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) + -arca (“ruler”, “leader”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.liˈɡar.ka/
- Rhymes: -arka
- Hyphenation: o‧li‧gàr‧ca
Noun
oligarca m or f by sense (masculine plural oligarchi, feminine plural oligarche)
- (politics) oligarch (member of an oligarchy)
Related terms
- oligarchia
- oligarchico
Anagrams
- agricola, argolica, giocarla
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).
Noun
oligarca m or f by sense (plural oligarcas)
- oligarch (a member of an oligarchy)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oliˈɡaɾka/ [o.liˈɣ̞aɾ.ka]
- Rhymes: -aɾka
- Syllabification: o‧li‧gar‧ca
Noun
oligarca m or f (plural oligarcas)
- oligarch (a member of an oligarchy)
- 2015 July 13, “La dureza del pacto amenaza con desatar una crisis política en Grecia”, in El País:
- Grecia necesita reformas radicales que favorezcan a la sociedad y no a los oligarcas protegidos por los Gobierno anteriores.
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Further reading
- “oligarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014