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COUP D'ETAT [1 record]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science (General)
DEF

A sudden attempt by a small group of people to take over the government usually through violence.

OBS

plural: coups d'état.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
DEF

Soulèvement opéré par un clan militaire ou un groupe politique armé pour s'emparer du pouvoir par la force.

OBS

putschs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
DEF

[...] actuación violenta y rápida, generalmente por fuerzas militares o rebeldes, por la que un grupo determinado se apodera o intenta apoderarse de los resortes del gobierno de un Estado, desplazando a las autoridades existentes.

OBS

golpe de Estado: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el sustantivo "putsch" se traduce al español como "golpe de Estado" [...]

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