junta

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

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

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊntə/, /ˈhʌntə/

• Rhymes: -ʌntə
• Homophone: hunter (in non-rhotic accents with foot–strut split)

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.

• jantu, jaunt

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈʒun.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒun.ta/

junta

1. feminine singular of junt

junta f (plural juntas)

1. Alternative form of xunta

• “junta” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from Spanish junta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxun.ta/

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• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: jun‧ta

junta f

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

• junta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• junta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: jun‧ta

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

junta

1. feminine singular of junto

junta

1. feminine of junto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

junta

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈxunta/ [ˈxũn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: jun‧ta

junta

1. feminine singular of junto

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

junta f (plural juntas)

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

• junta directiva
• junta municipal

• → English: junta
• → Greek: χούντα (choúnta)
• → Polish: junta
• → Swedish: junta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

junta

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

• “junta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

• IPA^(key): /²jɵn.ta/

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

• syjunta (“sewing circle”)

• junta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• junta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• junta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)