unicato
Spanish, noun[uniˈkat̪o]
unicato is spelled U-N-I-C-A-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish, the 222,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unicato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a type of government in which the president has great powers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sistema de influencias políticas basado en las canonjías, prebendas y castigos que, desde los órganos del…”.
What does unicato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea type of government in which the president has great powers
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema de influencias políticas basado en las canonjías, prebendas y castigos que, desde los órganos del poder constitucional, tiene por finalidad reunir en la figura institucional del presidente de la República la calidad de jefe indiscutible y único del partido gobernante, sin necesidad de declaración expresa y formal.
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 unicato
- unicatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unicato?
- [uniˈkat̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is unicato in Spanish?
unicato appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).