sublevación

uprising, revolt

noun soob-leh-bah-SYON Rare

Also means

mutiny

Usage Note

Sublevación denotes an armed uprising or mutiny against established authority — stronger and more organized than a disturbio (disturbance) but often shorter-lived than a full revolución. Sublevación militar (military mutiny) is a common collocation. The verb is sublevar(se): la tropa se sublevó contra el mando ('the troops mutinied against the command').

Examples

"La sublevación fue sofocada en pocas horas."

Natural Translation

The uprising was suppressed in a few hours.

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