Portuguese-English translations for despótico

• despotic
  Attempts by the West to enforce a rapid democratisation of despotic regimes in the world have failed. As tentativas do Ocidente de impor a democratização aos regimes despóticos do mundo falharam.
  Another six years of the Taliban's despotic rule had gone by before things began to look up for democracy. O regime despótico dos talibãs prolongou-se por mais seis anos antes que as coisas se encaminhassem no sentido da democracia.
  And by popular acclamation to discard the rules under which we operate is indeed an act of arbitrary and despotic rule. Pôr de parte as regras pelas quais nos regemos, ainda que por aclamação popular, é efectivamente um acto de poder discricionário e despótico.

Related words

• déspota
• despotismo
• adéspota