tentara

See also: tentará, and tentară

Galician

Verb

tentara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of tentar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tentera, from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra, “an army​”). Doublet of tenteram and tantri.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tənˈtara/ [t̪ənˈt̪a.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ten‧ta‧ra

Noun

tentara (first-person possessive tentaraku, second-person possessive tentaramu, third-person possessive tentaranya)

1. armed forces; army
2. soldier

Alternative forms

• tentera (nonstandard Indonesian)
• tentera (Johor-Riau)

Synonyms

• Synonyms: bala, laskar, pasukan, prajurit, sena, serdadu

Derived terms

• ketentaraan
• pertentaraan

 

Further reading

• “tentara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tẽˈta.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ten‧ta‧ra

Verb

tentara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of tentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈtaɾa/ [t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: ten‧ta‧ra

Verb

tentara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of tentar