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maduro

maduro

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A family name common in Spanish-speaking countries
  • proper noun
  • /məˈduːroʊ/
translation icon : Maduro
  • President Nicolás Maduro has faced numerous protests during his time in office.
  • the Maduro regime
  • the Maduro government
  • Venezuelan President Maduro

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Examples

  • Nevertheless, during Chávez's absence from Venezuela, Maduro and Diosdado Cabello, the other main Chavista leader, worked as a team.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Regardless of his intentions, Venezuela's likely new president, Nicolas Maduro, lacks Chávez's political capital to enable him to overcome resistance from within his movement and from powerful interests outside of it.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Official statements from the EU and the US State Department each say the evidence shows Maduro lost.

  • Those are political prisoners by the Maduro regime and nothing is being said.

  • Some have suggested using harsh economic sanctions to pressure Maduro to step down.

    Academic text (2018)

  • So then you have this guy Maduro, he's in charge today, right?

  • As Maduro broke the last remaining links in Venezuela's traditional alliances with Washington and other Latin American democracies, he lost access to sound economic advice.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The United States and Venezuela's neighbors seem to have finally grasped that, as things stand, negotiations only play into Maduro's hands.

    Academic text (2018)

  • With Cuban guidance, Maduro has deeply curtailed economic freedoms and erased all remaining traces of liberalism from the country's politics and institutions.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The name Maduro is commonly recognized in discussions about Venezuelan politics.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Maduro as a surname comes from the Spanish word maduro meaning 'ripe' or 'mature', from Latin maturus, and so the family name likely began as a nickname or description that later became a last name.