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/, /ˈdʒʌntə/

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

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

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

junta

1. feminine singular of junt

junta f (plural juntas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xunta

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

junta

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

Internationalism, from English junta, from Spanish junta.

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

junta (plural junta-junta)

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

• yunta (nonstandard)

• “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

Unadapted borrowing 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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “junta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

• Hyphenation: jun‧ta

From Old Galician-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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈxunta/ [ˈxũn̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: jun‧ta

junta

1. feminine singular of junto

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

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

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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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 [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)