contrapoder

Spanish

Noun

contrapoder m (plural contrapoderes)

1. an anti-establishment movement; a rebellion
   • 2016 November 6, “Así son los ministros de España: funcionarios, abogados y madrileños”, in El País‎^[1]:

     A los altos funcionarios les cuesta ser un contrapoder para el ministro.

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Further reading

• “contrapoder”, 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