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autogolpe

[ aw-toh-gawl-pey ]

noun

, Spanish.

  1. One of the justifications he made for his autogolpe in 1992 was his indictment of the corruption within the judiciary.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of autogolpe1

First recorded in 1970–75; from Spanish auto- auto- 1( def ) + golpe “a hit” (from Latin colaphus, from Greek kólaphos ); coup 1( def )

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