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la dictadura()
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (politics)
Después de 30 años de dictadura, el país volvió a la democracia.After 30 years of dictatorship, the country returned to democracy.
2. (figurative) (authoritarian regime)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. dictatorship
La clase de matemáticas era una férrea dictadura.The math class was a rigid dictatorship.
b. tyranny
Era una mujer librepensadora que jamás se sometió a la dictadura de la moda.She was a freethinking woman who never submitted to the tyranny of fashion.
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