democracia
Spanish, noun/demoˈkɾaθja/
democracia is spelled D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,035th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Democracia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “democracy (rule by the people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Doctrina política que propicia la participación del pueblo en el gobierno”.
What does democracia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedemocracy (rule by the people)
- 2
femininedemocracy (government under the rule of its people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrina política que propicia la participación del pueblo en el gobierno. 2. Sistema político en que el pueblo elige a sus gobernantes. 3. Estado regido por dicho sistema político. 4. Por extensión, cualquier relación entre personas o grupos humanos que tienen una conducción con participación de sus bases.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of democracia
- democracias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce democracia?
- /demoˈkɾaθja/
- [d̪e.moˈkɾa.θja]
- /demoˈkɾasja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to democracia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is democracia in Spanish?
democracia appears 85 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).