cleptocracia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kle.pi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/, /klep.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /klep.to.kɾaˈsi.a/, /kle.pi.to.kɾaˈsi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɨ.ptu.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

Rhymes: (most dialects) -iɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ia
Hyphenation: clep‧to‧cra‧ci‧a

Noun

cleptocracia f (plural cleptocracias)

kleptocracy (corrupt and dishonest government)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klebtoˈkɾaθja/ [kleβ̞.t̪oˈkɾa.θja] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /klebtoˈkɾasja/ [kleβ̞.t̪oˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aθja (Spain)
Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: clep‧to‧cra‧cia

Noun

cleptocracia f (plural cleptocracias)

kleptocracy

Further reading

“cleptocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024