ditabranda
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.taˈbɾɐ̃.dɐ/
ditabranda is spelled D-I-T-A-B-R-A-N-D-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ditabranda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dictablanda (soft-handed dictatorship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ditabranda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedictablanda (soft-handed dictatorship)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of ditabranda
- ditabrandas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ditabranda?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.taˈbɾɐ̃.dɐ/
- Portugal /di.tɐˈbɾɐ̃.dɐ/
- Portugal [di.tɐˈβɾɐ̃.dɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ditabranda in Portuguese?
ditabranda appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).