cooptación

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cooptātiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /koobtaˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koobtaˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: co‧op‧ta‧ción

Noun

cooptación f (plural cooptaciones)

  1. cooptation
    • 2015 July 19, “¿Primarias? ¡Democracia interna!”, in El País:
      Y es que los primeros no han tenido que pasar por varias iteraciones de cooptación, que ha sido lo que ha acabado adocenando a los segundos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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