junta
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒũ.tɐ/
junta is spelled J-U-N-T-A (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,385th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Junta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “joint (part of the body where two bones join)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of junto. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encaixe para ligação de duas peças ou objetos”.
What does junta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejoint (part of the body where two bones join)
- 2
femininetask force (group of people working towards a particular task, project, or activity)
- 3
femininecouncil (committee that leads or governs)
- 4
feminineteam (set of yoked draught animals)
- 5
femininethe gap between floor bricks or tiles
- 6
femininematerial used to fill the gap between floor tiles
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of junto
adverb
- 1
femininefeminine of junto
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. encaixe para ligação de duas peças ou objetos 2. assembleia 3. parelha de bois ou vacas 4. conferência de médicos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of junta
- juntas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce junta?
- Brazil /ˈʒũ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʒũ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to junta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is junta in Portuguese?
junta appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).