Significado
tyranny
Em uma frase
La sua tirannia in ufficio stanca tutti.
His tyranny at the office wears everyone out.
Ma questa tirannia del tempo finirà mai?
But will this tyranny of time ever end?
Non sopporto la tirannia delle regole inutili.
I can't stand the tyranny of useless rules.
Formas da palavra (2)
| Palavra | Formas da palavra |
|---|---|
| tirannia | feminine · singular |
| tirannie | feminine · plural |
Notas de uso
- Use tirannia for oppressive rule or figurative domination; for a specific dictator, tiranno refers to the person, not the system.
- More literary and formal than dittatura in political contexts; dittatura is the usual modern term for actual regimes.
- Often appears in fixed phrases like sotto la tirannia di or la tirannia del tempo in figurative writing.