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oligarca

Portuguese, noun/o.liˈɡaʁ.kɐ/

oligarca is spelled O-L-I-G-A-R-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oligarca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “oligarch (a member of an oligarchy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membro de um grupo restrito de pessoas que detêm o poder de um estado, membro da oligarquia”.

What does oligarca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineoligarch (a member of an oligarchy)

  2. 2

    colloquialfemininemasculinewealthy, politically influential industrialist or businessman

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. membro de um grupo restrito de pessoas que detêm o poder de um estado, membro da oligarquia 2. pessoa milionária ou empresária que tem poder, e que influi ou ordena as decisões dos governos 3. sectário, adepto ou partidário da oligarquia

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 oligarca

  • oligarcas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce oligarca?

  • Brazil /o.liˈɡaʁ.kɐ/
  • Brazil [o.liˈɡah.kɐ]
  • /o.liˈɡaɾ.kɐ/

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

English words that translate to oligarca

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

How common is oligarca in Portuguese?

oligarca appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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