sóviet

See also: soviet, and Soviet

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsobjet/ [ˈso.β̞jet̪]
• Rhymes: -objet
• Syllabification: só‧viet

Noun

sóviet m (plural sóviets)

1. soviet (an assembly, convocation, or council of workers)
   • 2015 October 26, “Columna”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Y si a la izquierda se le ocurre presentarse en una coalición perfectamente legítima, se saca a pasear el fantasma de los sóviets, como hizo Esperanza sin pudor alguno.

     And if it occurs to the left to present itself in a perfectly legitimate coalition, it will take out the ghost of the soviets, as Esperanza did shamelessly.

Further reading

• “sóviet”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28