intifada
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).
Noun
intifada (plural intifadas)
- Insurrection, a usually violent attempt to take control of a government.
- An uprising, resistant struggle or rebellious protest, especially the Palestinian uprisings against Israel.
- 2021 May 11, Thomas L. Friedman, “Israelis, Palestinians and Their Neighbors Worry: Is This the Big One?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- But unlike the Intifadas that began in 1987 and 2000, when Israel had someone to call to try to turn it off, there is no Palestinian on the other end of the phone this time […]
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Translations
intifada
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See also
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.tiˈfa.da/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Hyphenation: in‧ti‧fà‧da
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /intiˈfada/ [ĩn̪.t̪iˈfa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: in‧ti‧fa‧da
Further reading
- “intifada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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