# legislatura
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [lə.ʒiz.ləˈtu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [le.d͡ʒiz.laˈtu.ɾa]

### Noun

legislatura f (plural legislatures)
* legislature

### Further reading

* “legislatura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “legislatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “legislatura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “legislatura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛɡɪslatura]

### Noun

legislatura f
* legislature
    Synonym: zákonodárný sbor

#### Related terms

* See legální

#### See also

* sněmovna
* parlament
* senát

### Further reading

* “legislatura”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “legislatura”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* legislatura in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

## Galician
### Noun

legislatura f (plural legislaturas, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of lexislatura

### Further reading

* “legislatura” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /le.d͡ʒi.zlaˈtu.ra/
* Rhymes: -ura
* Hyphenation: le‧gi‧sla‧tù‧ra

### Noun

legislatura f (plural legislature)
* legislature

### Further reading

* legislatura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* legislatura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Ladin
### Noun

legislatura f (plural legislatures)
* legislature

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French législature, from Latin legō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛ.ɡi.slaˈtu.ra/
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: le‧gi‧sla‧tu‧ra

### Noun

legislatura f
* (government, law) legislative branch, legislature (all the governmental bodies with the power to make, amend, and repeal laws)
    Synonyms: legislatywa, władza ustawodawcza
* (law) legislature (totality of the laws of a country)

#### Related terms

* legislacyjny
* legislatywny
* legislacja
* legislator
* legislatywa

### Further reading

* legislatura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* legislatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /le.ʒiz.laˈtu.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /le.ʒiz.laˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /le.ʒiʒ.laˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /le.ʒiz.laˈtu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɨ.ʒiʒ.lɐˈtu.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: le‧gis‧la‧tu‧ra

### Noun

legislatura f (plural legislaturas)
* (law) legislature (governmental body with the power to make, amend, and repeal laws)

#### Related terms

* legislador
* legislar

### Further reading

* “legislatura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “legislatura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “legislatura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lexislaˈtuɾa/ [le.xis.laˈt̪u.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: le‧gis‧la‧tu‧ra

### Noun

legislatura f (plural legislaturas)
* legislature
    Synonym: cámara

#### Related terms

* legislación
* legislador
* legislar
* legislativo

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: lehislatura
* → Tagalog: lehislatura

### Further reading

* “legislatura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10