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dictador

Spanish, noun/diɡtaˈdoɾ/

dictador is spelled D-I-C-T-A-D-O-R (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,594th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dictador is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dictator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Un líder no democrático de un país, una nación o gobierno”.

What does dictador mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedictator

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Originalmente, un magistrado sin colega en la antigua Roma republicana, que tenía plena autoridad ejecutiva para un mandato otorgado por el Senado (poder legislativo), por lo general para llevar a cabo una guerra. 2. Un líder no democrático de un país, una nación o gobierno. 3. Un jefe o figura de autoridad tiránicos 4. Una regidor o Führer, el más alto nivel de autoridad.

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 dictador

  • dictadores plural
  • dictadora feminine
  • dictadoras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dictador?

  • /diɡtaˈdoɾ/
  • [d̪iɣ̞.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
  • [d̪ikt̪aˈð̞oɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to dictador

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is dictador in Spanish?

dictador appears 13 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).

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