junta

See also: Junta and juntá

English

WOTD – 27 July 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌntə/, /ˈdʒʊntə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊntə/, /ˈhʌntə/, /ˈdʒʌntə/

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• Rhymes: -ʌntə
• Homophone: hunter (non-rhotic, with /h/)

Noun

junta (plural juntas)

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

Derived terms

• antijunta
• juntaism
• juntocracy

Translations

ruling council of a military dictatorship

• Afrikaans: militêre junta sg, junta sg
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: خُونْتَا f (ḵūntā), مَجْلِس عَسْكَرِيّ m (majlis ʕaskariyy), طُغْمَة عَسْكَرِيَّة f (ṭuḡma(t) ʕaskariyya)
• Armenian: խունտա (hy) (xunta)
• Azerbaijani: xunta
• Belarusian: ху́нта f (xúnta)
• Bulgarian: ху́нта (bg) f (húnta)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: junta (ca) f, junta militar f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍政府 / 军政府 (zh) (jūnzhèngfǔ), 軍事政權 / 军事政权 (jūnshì zhèngquán)

• Danish: junta c
• Dutch: junta (nl) f, militaire junta f
• Esperanto: junto (eo)
• Estonian: hunta (et)
• Finnish: sotilasjuntta (fi), juntta (fi)
• French: junte (fr) f
• Galician: xunta (gl) f, xunta militar f
• Georgian: ხუნტა (xunṭa), სამხედრო ხუნტა (samxedro xunṭa)
• German: Junta f
• Greek: χούντα (el) f (choúnta)
• Hebrew: חונטה (he)
• Indonesian: junta (id), junta militer (id)
• Irish: giunta m
• Italian: giunta (it) f
• Japanese: 軍事政権 (ja) (ぐんじせいけん, gunji seiken)
• Karen:

  S'gaw Karen: သုးပၢတၢ်ကရူၢ် (thü puh ta̱ ka roo̱), သုးမီၤစိရိၤ (thü maw̄ soh roh̄)

• Kazakh: хунта (xunta)
• Khmer: របបយោធា (rɔbɑɑp yoothiə)
• Korean: 군사 정권(軍事政權) (gunsa jeonggwon)
• Kyrgyz: хунта (hunta)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: chunta f, karinė chunta f
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: junta (no) m
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: junta (pl) f
• Portuguese: junta (pt) f, junta militar f
• Romanian: juntă (ro) f
• Russian: ху́нта (ru) f (xúnta)
• Scottish Gaelic: comhairle-riaghlaidh f
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: chunta f, junta f
• Spanish: junta (es) f, junta militar f
• Swedish: junta (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: cunta (tr)
• Ukrainian: ху́нта (uk) f (xúnta)
• Uzbek: xunta
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• jantu, jaunt

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒun.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒun.ta]

Adjective

junta

1. feminine singular of junt

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

junta f (plural juntas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xunta

Further reading

• “junta”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

junta

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of juntar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, from English junta, from Spanish junta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒunta/ [ˈd͡ʒun̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: jun‧ta

Noun

junta (plural junta-junta)

1. (politics) junta (a council, convention, tribunal or assembly; the ruling council of a military dictatorship)

Alternative forms

• yunta (nonstandard)

Further reading

• “junta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish juntaubor.

Polish junta

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish junta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxun.ta/

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• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: jun‧ta

Noun

junta f

1. junta (the grand council of state in Spain)
2. (military) junta (ruling council of a military dictatorship)

Declension

Declension of junta

	singular	plural
nominative	junta	junty
genitive	junty	junt
dative	juncie	juntom
accusative	juntę	junty
instrumental	juntą	juntami
locative	juncie	juntach
vocative	junto	junty

Further reading

• “junta”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “junta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: jun‧ta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

junta f (plural juntas)

1. (anatomy) joint (part of the body where two bones join)

   Synonym: articulação

2. (collective) task force (group of people working towards a particular task, project, or activity)

   Synonyms: força-tarefa, mutirão

3. (collective) council (committee that leads or governs)
4. (collective) team (set of yoked draught animals)

   Synonym: parelha

5. the gap between floor bricks or tiles
6. material used to fill the gap between floor tiles

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• junção
• juntado
• juntar
• junto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

junta

1. feminine singular of junto

Adverb

junta

1. feminine of junto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

junta

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

Further reading

• “junta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxunta/ [ˈxũn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: jun‧ta

Etymology 1

Adjective

junta

1. feminine singular of junto

Etymology 2

Deverbal from juntar, or from Latin iūncta. Doublet of yunta.

Noun

junta f (plural juntas)

1. board, council, committee

   Synonyms: comité, consejo, gabinete, asamblea

2. joint, gasket

   Synonyms: juntura, unión, acoplamiento

3. meeting (a gathering for a purpose)

   Synonyms: reunión, asamblea, pleno

4. contact, acquaintances

   Synonym: conocido

Derived terms

• junta directiva
• junta municipal

Descendants

• → Copala Triqui: juntá
• → English: junta
• → Greek: χούντα (choúnta)
• → Polish: junta
• → Swedish: junta
• → Turkish: cunta

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

junta

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

Further reading

• “junta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junta, from Latin juncta, the perfect passive participle of jungere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²jɵn.ta/

Noun

junta c

1. a junta (usually of military dictatorships, like in English)

   Synonym: militärjunta (“military junta”)

2. (chiefly in compounds) (the people in) a small recurring social meeting centered on some recreational activity, a bee

Declension

Declension of junta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	junta	juntas
	definite	juntan	juntans
plural	indefinite	juntor	juntors
	definite	juntorna	juntornas

Derived terms

• syjunta (“sewing circle”)

References

• “junta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “junta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “junta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)