oligarca

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.liˈɣar.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.liˈɣar.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.liˈɣaɾ.ka]

Noun

oligarca m or f by sense (plural oligarques)

1. (politics) oligarch

Related terms

• oligarquia
• oligàrquic

Further reading

• “oligarca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “oligarca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oligarca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “oligarca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) +‎ -arca (“ruler, leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡar.ka/
• Rhymes: -arka
• Hyphenation: o‧li‧gàr‧ca

Noun

oligarca m or f by sense (masculine plural oligarchi, feminine plural oligarche)

1. (politics) oligarch (member of an oligarchy)
2. (by extension) despot, tyrant

Related terms

• oligarchia
• oligarchicamente
• oligarchico
• oligarchismo
• oligarchista
• oligarchizzato

Further reading

• oligarca in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• oligarca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• oligàrca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• oligarca in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• oligarca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• agricola, argolica, giocarla

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡaʁ.kɐ/ [o.liˈɡah.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡaʁ.kɐ/ [o.liˈɡah.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡaɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡaʁ.kɐ/ [o.liˈɡaχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡaɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.liˈɡaɾ.kɐ/ [ɔ.liˈɣaɾ.kɐ]

• Rhymes: -aʁkɐ, -aɾkɐ
• Hyphenation: o‧li‧gar‧ca

Noun

oligarca m or f by sense (plural oligarcas)

1. (politics) oligarch (a member of an oligarchy)

   Synonym: oligarquista

2. (colloquial) wealthy, politically influential industrialist or businessman

Related terms

• oligarquia
• oligárquico

Further reading

• “oligarca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “oligarca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “oligarca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “oligarca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “oligarca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “oligarca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oliˈɡaɾka/ [o.liˈɣ̞aɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -aɾka
• Syllabification: o‧li‧gar‧ca

Noun

oligarca m or f by sense (plural oligarcas)

1. (politics) oligarch (a member of an oligarchy)
   • 2015 July 13, “La dureza del pacto amenaza con desatar una crisis política en Grecia”, in El País‎:

     Grecia necesita reformas radicales que favorezcan a la sociedad y no a los oligarcas protegidos por los Gobierno anteriores.

     Greece needs radical reforms that favor society and not the oligarchs protected by previous governments.

Related terms

• oligarquía
• oligárquico

Further reading

• “oligarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10