junta

See also: Junta and juntá

English

WOTD – 27 July 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌntə/, /ˈdʒʊntə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /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: خُونْتَا f ‎(ḵūntā), مَجْلِس عَسْكَرِيّ m ‎(majlis ʿaskariyy), طُغْمَة عَسْكَرِيَّة f ‎(ṭuḡma(t) ʿaskariyya)
• Armenian: խունտա ‎(xunta)
• Belarusian: ху́нта f ‎(xúnta)
• Bulgarian: ху́нта (bg) f ‎(húnta)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍事政權, 军事政权 ‎(jūnshì zhèngquán), 軍政府 (zh), 军政府 (zh) ‎(jūnzhèngfǔ), 軍事集團, 军事集团 ‎(jūnshì jítuán)

• Danish: junta c
• Dutch: junta (nl) f
• Finnish: sotilasjuntta (fi), juntta (fi)
• French: junte (fr) f
• Galician: xunta (gl) f
• Georgian: ხუნტა ‎(xunṭa), სამხედრო ხუნტა ‎(samxedro xunṭa)
• German: Junta f
• Greek: χούντα (el) f ‎(choúnta)
• Hebrew: חונטה

• Irish: giunta m
• Italian: giunta (it) f
• Japanese: 軍事政権 ‎(ぐんじせいけん, gunji seiken)
• Khmer: សភានិតិបញ្ញាតិ ‎(sa’pʰie nitəpaññaatə)
• Korean: 군사 정권 ‎(gunsa jeonggwon)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: junta (no) m
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: junta (pt) f
• Russian: ху́нта (ru) f ‎(xúnta)
• Scottish Gaelic: comhairle-riaghlaidh 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: ху́нта (uk) f ‎(xúnta)
• Uzbek: xunta

Anagrams

• jaunt

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Catalan

Adjective

junta

1. feminine of junt

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Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: jun — 重 (zhòng)
• Hindi: taul — तौल (taula)
• Spanish: pesantes — pesantez

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Etymology

From Old Portuguese junta, from Latin iūncta, from iūnctus, perfect passive participle of iūngō ‎(“I join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.tɐ/

Noun

junta f (plural juntas)

1. (anatomy) joint (part of the body where two bones join)
2. (collective) task force (group of people working towards a particular task, project, or activity)
3. (collective) council (committee that leads or governs)
4. (collective) team (set of yoked draught animals)
5. the gap between floor bricks or tiles
6. material used to fill the gap between floor tiles

Synonyms

• (joint): articulação
• (task force): força tarefa, mutirão
• (team): parelha

Derived terms

• cortar na junta
• junta-de-cobra
• junta de dilatação

Related terms

• junção
• juntado
• juntar
• junto

Adjective

junta f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective junto.

Adverb

junta

1. feminine of junto

Verb

junta

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of juntar

   Ele junta isso.

   He connects/gathers this.

2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of juntar

   Tu aí, junta isso sozinho.

   You there, connect/gather this by yourself.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xun.ta/

Etymology 1

Adjective

junta f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective junto.

Etymology 2

From juntar, or from Latin iuncta.

Noun

junta f ‎(plural juntas)

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

Etymology 3

Verb

junta

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.