dictadura

la dictadura(
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A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
feminine noun
a. dictatorship
Después de 30 años de dictadura, el país volvió a la democracia.After 30 years of dictatorship, the country returned to democracy.
2.
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
(figurative)
(authoritarian regime)
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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