tentara

See also: tentará and tentară

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra, “an army​”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tənˈtara/
• Hyphenation: tên‧ta‧ra

Noun

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

1. armed forces, a military force of a particular country
2. soldier, a member of an army or ground forces
3. seaman, a member of a navy
4. airman, a member of an air force
5. troop, any uniformed military personnel

Alternative forms

• tentera (nonstandard Indonesian)
• tentera (Standard Malay)

Synonyms

• sena (Classical)

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.

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Portuguese

Verb

tentara

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Spanish

Verb

tentara

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of tentar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of tentar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of tentar.