democratici

Democrats

noun deh-moh-KRAH-tee-chee Rare

Origin: Greek demokrates, from demos (people) + kratos (rule).

Usage Note

Democratici is the plural of democratico, used as a noun to denote members of a democratic political party, most notably the Italian Partito Democratico (PD). As an adjective, democratico means democratic. Note the adjective's irregular masculine plural: -co becomes -ci (democratico → democratici), but feminine plural is democratiche.

Examples

"I democratici hanno vinto le elezioni locali."

Natural Translation

The Democrats won the local elections.

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