junta

See also Junta

English

WOTD – 27 July 2009    

Etymology

From Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). 1623.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdʒʌntə/, /ˈdʒʊntə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhʊntə/, /ˈhʌntə/

Noun

junta (plural juntas)

1. A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
2. The ruling council of a military dictatorship.

Translations

ruling council of a military dictatorship

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: خونتا (ar) (khuunta) f, مجلس عسكري (ar) (májlis 3áskariy) m, طغمة عسكرية (ar) f
• Armenian: խունտա (hy) (xunta)
• Belarusian: хунта (be) (xúnta) f
• Bulgarian: хунта (bg) (húnta) f
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍事政權 (cmn), 军事政权 (cmn) (jūnshì zhèngquán)

• Dutch: junta (nl) f
• Finnish: sotilasjuntta (fi)
• French: junte (fr) f
• Galician: xunta (gl) f
• Georgian: ხუნტა (ka) (xunta)
• German: Junta (de) f
• Greek: χούντα (el) (choúnta) f
• Hebrew: חונטה (he)
• Irish: giunta (ga) m

• Italian: giunta (it) f
• Japanese: 軍事政権 (ja) (ぐんじせいけん, gunji seiken)
• Khmer: សភានិតិបញ្ញាតិ (km) (sa’pʰie nitəpaññaatə)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: junta (no) m
• Portuguese: junta (pt) f
• Russian: хунта (ru) (xúnta) f
• Scottish Gaelic: comhairle-riaghlaidh (gd) f
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: junta (es) f
• Swedish: junta (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: cunta (tr)
• Ukrainian: хунта (uk) (xúnta) f
• Uzbek: xunta (uz)

Anagrams

• jaunt

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Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: jun — 重 [zhòng]
• Hindi: taul — तौल [taula]
• Spanish: pesantes — pesantez

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʒunta/

Gismu

junta

1. weight; x1 is the weight of object x2 in [gravitational or other force] field x3.

Related terms

• grake
• linto
• tilju
• bunda

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Portuguese

Verb

junta

1. third-person singular present indicative of juntar
2. second-person singular imperative of juntar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xun.ta/

Etymology 1

From junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō.

Adjective

junta f (masculine junto, feminine plural juntas, masculine plural juntos)

1. feminine form of junto

Etymology 2

From juntar.

Noun

junta f (plural juntas)

1. council
2. joint, gasket
3. meeting (A gathering for a purpose)
4. contact, acquaintances

Etymology 3

Verb

junta (infinitive juntar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of juntar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of juntar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of juntar.