English

Noun

dictablanda ‎(plural dictablandas)

1. (politics) soft-handed dictatorship

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

A pun on dictadura ‎(“dictatorship”), reanalyzing the -dura as being the adjective dura ‎(“hard”) and replacing it with the adjective blanda ‎(“soft”). Compare Portuguese ditabranda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dik.ta.ˈblan.da/

Noun

dictablanda f ‎(plural dictablandas)

1. a soft-handed dictatorship
   • 1994, Santiago Álvarez, Negrín, personalidad histórica, Ediciones de la Torre, page 54:

     […] , durante la dictablanda que sucedió a la dictatura de Primo de Rivera.

     […] , during the soft-handed dictatorship that followed Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship.