fifth column

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

quinta colonna

sinonimi

Trojan horse

Traduzioni

cinquième colonne

quinta columna

Fünfte Kolonne

πέμπτη φάλαγγα

quinta coluna

cheval de Troie

cinquena columna

quinta columna

fünfte Kolonne

الطابور الخامس

vijfde colonne

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.