Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
A small and recently created republic, with a precarious organization and weak institutions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A small and recently created republic, with a precarious organization and weak institutions.
An independence-seeking guerrilla group in South America in the 19th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, historical, specifically
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Spanish republiqueta, from república (“republic”) + -eta (diminutive suffix).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
