golpe de estado
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɔw.pi d͡ʒi isˈta.du/
golpe de estado is spelled G-O-L-P-E-D-E-E-S-T-A-D-O (13 letters). Golpe de estado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coup d'état (the sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does golpe de estado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoup d'état (the sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. variante ortográfica de golpe de Estado
phrase: 1. derrubada violenta dos poderes estabelecidos, tomando ilicitamente o governo por meio do uso da força
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of golpe de estado
- golpes de estado plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce golpe de estado?
- Brazil /ˈɡɔw.pi d͡ʒi isˈta.du/
- Brazil [ˈɡɔʊ̯.pi d͡ʒi isˈta.du]
- Brazil /ˈɡɔw.pi d͡ʒi esˈta.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to golpe de estado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.