Meanings (ES + gloss)
poder fáctico • poderes establecidos • poderes que están • poderíos existentes • potestades que hay • potestades que son
The holders of power or the authorities in a given situation, especially if seen as being faceless or unreasonably bureaucratic.
Whoever you elect, he will legislate in favor of ‘law and order,’ to protect things as they are. The main concern of the powers that be is that the people should continue to believ…
[I]t appeared as though the hospital at Barchester would fall into abeyance, unless the powers that be should take some steps towards putting it once more into working order.
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