Meanings (ES + gloss)
hiperpotencia • superpotencia
A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.
Our superpower competition will be reunified Germany (perhaps together with its European satellites) and expanding Japan (perhaps allied with China, if they can bring that off).
The year 1945 marked the end of Europe's global hegemony and confirmed the US and the Soviet Union as global superpowers.
superpoder
An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
Administered in such a way, in that superpowers it assures.
This is his superpower, I think. The comic geek always has one, and Oliver's is a poker face that would leave even the Holy Trinity guessing what he's thinking.
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