(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
Used in a Sentence
estado
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for estado.
Editorial note
Look at the church's relationship with the ustashe regime in croatia and the estado novo in portugal as most obvious examples.
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Quick take
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of estado gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for estado.
noun
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
Example sentences
Look at the church's relationship with the ustashe regime in croatia and the estado novo in portugal as most obvious examples.
Sí he estado, no desde que se popularizaron los smartphones, y mientras hablas de experiencias personales no deja de ser estadísticamente insignificante.
And some articles are used strangely, and some words aren't used anymore (estado as a unit of area), empero instead of pero, etc.
Who built all those giant estates during the Estado Novo?
Debes introducir el estado del bienestar en la ecuación.
Wasn't the end of Estado novo famously low-violence?
I also do not in any way mean to slight the enormous advances in standard of living that happened under Estado Novo, as well as neutral Portugal's role as an escape route for refugees.
Institutions where he already put his people: - Fiscal General del Estado (Dolores Delgado, was a minister of socialist party) Responsible for pushing forward or not criminal causes against depending who.
Germany, France, Italy, Portugal's Estado Novo, Spain's Franco.
Free market Desgraciadamente Argentina, un país hermoso, con gente maravillosa, ha estado en manos de poderosas fuerzas políticas que han destrozado el país a través de décadas de afanar, subyugar y controlar.
Obviously, members of the current oligarchy, trade union professionals and members of the current parties, always try to pass across Estado Novo as some sort of totalitarian nightmare, forgetting that they at the time most of them were pushing for die-hard communism.
An example: Yucatán es una tierra la de menos tierra que yo he visto, porque toda ella es una viva laja, y tiene a maravilla poca tierra, tanto que habrá pocas partes donde se pueda cavar un estado sin dar en grandes bancos de lajas muy grandes.
Quote examples
The "corporations" of Estado Novo were not commercial corporations like Monsanto, or P&G.
That was the goal of Portugal's authoritarian "Estado Novo", for example: a strong government that would guarantee stability and the rule of law, and on that basis carefully lead a corporatist economy, together with industry partners, towards a controlled but prosperous society.
However, I was not comparing Estado Novo to its alternatives at the time in Portugal or even the current mess (I believe one of the leaders of the coup against Caetano said that he wouldn't have overthrown him if he saw what came out in the end): what I see as an example of "decent" social democracy would be Sweden -- private property and capitalism, but with a somewhat more expansive welfare state.
Proper noun examples
El castellano es la lengua española oficial del Estado.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use estado in a sentence?
Look at the church's relationship with the ustashe regime in croatia and the estado novo in portugal as most obvious examples.
What does estado mean?
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
What part of speech is estado?
estado is commonly used as noun.