autocensura

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Italian

Etymology

From auto- +‎ censura (censorship).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaw.to.t͡ʃenˈsu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: au‧to‧cen‧sù‧ra

Noun

autocensura f (plural autocensure)

  1. self-censorship

Further reading

  • autocensura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • autocensura in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /autoθenˈsuɾa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /autosenˈsuɾa/
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: au‧to‧cen‧su‧ra

Etymology 1

From auto- +‎ censura.

Noun

autocensura f (plural autocensuras)

  1. self-censure
  2. self-censorship

Etymology 2

Verb

autocensura

  1. only used in se autocensura, third-person singular present indicative of autocensurarse
  2. only used in te ... autocensura, syntactic variant of autocensúrate, second-person singular imperative of autocensurarse

Further reading