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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκρατής (akratḗs).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ácrata m or f (masculine and feminine plural ácratas)
- anarchic
1926, Roberto Arlt, Judas Iscariote:—¡Que te has vuelto erudito! ¿Con qué se come eso?
—Yo me entiendo, che, ésa es la terminología ácrata; así que vos también te regeneraste, trabajás, y te va bien.- "So you have become learned!" What do you eat that with?
—I understand, che, that's the anarchist terminology; so you also regenerated, you work, and you're doing well.
Noun
ácrata m or f by sense (plural ácratas)
- anarchist
2016 July 3, “Gabo y yo”, in El Nacional:Esa fue la pregunta que después no le hice al Gabo en una noche de conejitos y conejitas, todos contentos e incontinentes, en aquella arcadia ácrata que fuera alguna vez al sur de La Habana la ex-EICTV.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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