Politics in Spanish
The following English-Spanish and Spanish-English word lists contain a basic vocabulary of politics.
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English-Spanish | |
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campaign | la campaña |
candidate | el candidato |
coalition | la coalición |
coup | el golpe de Estado |
democracy | la democracia |
demonstration | la manifestación |
demonstrator | el/la manifestante |
deputy, representative | el diputado |
dictatorship | la dictadura |
diplomacy | la diplomacia |
elections | las elecciones |
electoral | electoral |
foreign policy | la política exterior |
freedom of speech | la libertad de expresión |
government | el gobierno |
internal affairs | la política interior |
majority | la mayoría |
minister | el ministro |
ministry | el ministerio |
minority | la minoría |
movement | el movimiento |
opposition | la oposición |
parliament | el parlamento |
party | el partido |
politician | el político |
president | el presidente |
prime minister | el primer ministro |
referendum | el plebiscito/referendo |
spokesperson | el/la portavoz |
state | el estado |
vote | el voto |
Spanish-English | |
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la campaña | campaign |
el candidato | candidate |
la coalición | coalition |
la democracia | democracy |
la dictadura | dictatorship |
la diplomacia | diplomacy |
el diputado | deputy, representative |
las elecciones | elections |
electoral | electoral |
el estado | state |
el gobierno | government |
el golpe de Estado | coup |
la libertad de expresión | freedom of speech |
la manifestación | demonstration |
el/la manifestante | demonstrator |
la mayoría | majority |
el ministerio | ministry |
el ministro | minister |
la minoría | minority |
el movimiento | movement |
la oposición | opposition |
el parlamento | parliament |
el partido | party |
el plebiscito/referendo | referendum |
la política exterior | foreign policy |
la política interior | internal affairs |
el político | politician |
el/la portavoz | spokesperson |
el presidente | president |
el primer ministro | prime minister |
el voto | vote |
Note: Spanish nouns have a gender and a corresponding article (either "el" or "la", or in plural, "los" or "las"). There is a separate page for all Spanish noun gender rules and exceptions.
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