# junta
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdʒʌntə/, /ˈdʒʊntə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈhʊntə/, /ˈhʌntə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌntə
* Homophone: hunter (non-rhotic, foot-strut split)

### Noun

junta (plural juntas)
* The ruling council of a military dictatorship.
* A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* jantu, jaunt

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒun.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒun.ta]

### Adjective

junta
* feminine singular of junt

## Galician
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

junta f (plural juntas, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of xunta

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

junta
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of juntar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʊn.ta/
* Rhymes: -ta, -a
* Hyphenation: jun‧ta

### Noun

junta (plural junta-junta)
* (politics) junta: a council, convention, tribunal or assembly; the ruling council of a military dictatorship.

#### Alternative forms

* yunta

### Further reading

* “junta” 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.

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish junta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxun.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -unta
* Syllabification: jun‧ta

### Noun

junta f
* junta (the grand council of state in Spain)
* (military) junta (ruling council of a military dictatorship)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (anatomy) joint (part of the body where two bones join)
    Synonym: articulação
* (collective) task force (group of people working towards a particular task, project, or activity)
    Synonyms: força-tarefa, mutirão
* (collective) council (committee that leads or governs)
* (collective) team (set of yoked draught animals)
    Synonym: parelha
* the gap between floor bricks or tiles
* 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
* feminine singular of junto

#### Adverb

junta
* feminine of junto

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

junta
* inflection of juntar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxunta/ [ˈxũn̪.t̪a]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -unta
* Syllabification: jun‧ta

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

junta
* feminine singular of junto

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

junta f (plural juntas)
* board, council, committee
    Synonyms: comité, consejo, gabinete, asamblea
* joint, gasket
    Synonyms: juntura, unión, acoplamiento
* meeting (a gathering for a purpose)
    Synonyms: reunión, asamblea, pleno
* contact, acquaintances

##### Derived terms

* junta directiva
* junta municipal

##### Descendants

* → English: junta
* → Greek: χούντα (choúnta)
* → Polish: junta
* → Swedish: junta
* → Turkish: cunta

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

junta
* inflection of juntar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “junta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²jɵn.ta/

### Noun

junta c
* a junta (usually of military dictatorships, like in English)
    Synonym: militärjunta (“military junta”)
* (chiefly in compounds) (the people in) a small recurring social meeting centered on some recreational activity, a bee

#### Declension

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

#### Derived terms

* syjunta (“sewing circle”)

### References

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