fifth column

Significat (Anglès)

1. A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fifth, column.

Conceptes

cinquena columna

quinta columna

Sinònims

Trojan horse

Traduccions

cinquième colonne

quinta columna

πέμπτη φάλαγγα

quinta coluna

Fünfte Kolonne

vijfde colonne

الطابور الخامس

cheval de Troie

fünfte Kolonne

quinta colonna

Etimologia (Anglès)

From a 1936 radio address by Spanish Nationalist general Emilio Mola, in which he spoke of four of his army columns moving on Madrid and a fifth column (quinta columna) consisting of his militant supporters within the capital, intent on undermining the Republican government from within.