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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

coalición frágil

Pronunciation / Transliteration: koalision frahil

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fragile coalition/ˈfrædʒ.aɪl ˌkoʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La coalición frágil no sobrevivió a la crisis económica."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An alliance of political parties, factions, or groups that is unstable and easily broken apart due to internal ideological conflicts or external pressures.

    "The fragile coalition collapsed after just six months when the junior partner withdrew its support over the budget."
  2. 2

    Any temporary partnership or cooperative agreement among entities that lacks strong foundational unity.

    "Forming a fragile coalition among competing tech companies is rarely enough to defeat a market monopolist."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'fragile', derived from the Latin 'fragilis' (breakable) via Old French, and 'coalition', originating from the Latin 'coalitus' (grown together). In modern political discourse, it has evolved to describe precarious alliances prone to dissolution under pressure.

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