república

See also: Appendix:Variations of "republica"

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs pūblica (“republic”, literally “[the] public thing”), from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”).

Noun

república f (plural repúbliques)

1. republic

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs pūblica (“republic”, literally “[the] public thing”), from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈpub.bli.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈpu.bli.ka]

• Audio:

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Noun

república f (plural repúbliques)

1. republic

Related terms

• republicà

Further reading

• “república” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs pūblica (“republic”, literally “[the] public thing”), from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”).

Noun

república f (plural repúblicas)

1. republic

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• repúbrica (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs pūblica (“republic”, literally “[the] public thing”), from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”).

Pronunciation

• (Angola) IPA^(key): /rɨˈpu.bli.kɐ/, /ʁɨˈpu.bli.kɐ/

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈpu.bli.kɐ/ [heˈpu.bli.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈpu.bli.kɐ/ [heˈpu.bli.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈpu.bli.kɐ/ [χeˈpu.bli.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈpu.bli.ka/ [heˈpu.bli.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛˈpu.bli.kɐ/ [ʁɛˈpu.βli.kɐ]

• Hyphenation: re‧pú‧bli‧ca

Noun

república f (plural repúblicas)

1. republic
   1. (politics) state where elected officials represent the citizens
   2. (government) a type of state-level subdivision used in Russia
2. (university slang) rented house or apartment where various students live together

   Synonym: solar

Derived terms

• Nova República
• República Centro-Africana
• República Checa
• República da China
• República Democrática do Congo
• República do Congo
• República Dominicana
• República Federativa do Brasil
• República Popular da China
• Velha República

Related terms

• republicanamente
• republicanar
• republicanismo
• republicanista
• republicanizar
• republicano
• republicida
• republicídio
• repúblico
• republícola
• republiqueiro
• republiqueta

Descendants

• → Tetum: repúblika

Adjective

república

1. feminine singular of repúblico

Further reading

• “república”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “república”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “república”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs pūblica (“republic”, literally “[the] public thing”), from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈpublika/ [reˈpu.β̞li.ka]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ublika
• Syllabification: re‧pú‧bli‧ca

Noun

república f (plural repúblicas)

1. republic

Derived terms

• interior de la República
• República Árabe Unida
• república bananera
• República de la India
• República Popular Democrática de Corea
• republicano
• republiqueta

Further reading

• “república”, 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