superpotencia

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See also: superpotência

Spanish

Etymology

From super- +‎ potencia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /supeɾpoˈtenθja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /supeɾpoˈtensja/
  • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: su‧per‧po‧ten‧cia

Noun

superpotencia f (plural superpotencias)

  1. superpower
    • 2015 July 16, “La justicia argentina prohíbe a Menem salir del país”, in El País:
      La masacre de la AMIA ocurrió en pleno Gobierno de Menem, un peronista neoliberal que había alineado a Argentina detrás de la política exterior de Estados Unidos y de la guerra de la superpotencia contra Irak por el dominio de Kuwait en 1991.
      The AMIA massacre occurred in the midst of the government of Menem, a neoliberal Peronist who had aligned Argentina behind the foreign policy of the United States and the superpower's war against Iraq for control of Kuwait in 1991.

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