gerontocracia
Spanish, noun/xeɾontoˈkɾaθja/
gerontocracia is spelled G-E-R-O-N-T-O-C-R-A-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 148,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerontocracia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “gerontocracy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sistema político y social en que el poder está en manos de los ancianos”.
What does gerontocracia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegerontocracy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema político y social en que el poder está en manos de los ancianos.
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 gerontocracia
- gerontocracias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gerontocracia?
- /xeɾontoˈkɾaθja/
- [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.θja]
- /xeɾontoˈkɾasja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gerontocracia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gerontocracia in Spanish?
gerontocracia appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).