Argentina

See also: argentina, argentína, Argentína, Argentīna, Argentīnā, Argentiną, and Arġentina

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Translingual

Argentina sphyraena

Argentina anserina

Etymology

Latin, feminine singular of argentinus (“silvery”)

Proper noun

Argentina f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Argentinidae – herring smelts.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – silverweeds and, possibly, some typical cinquefoils.

Usage notes

• The plant genus Argentina is in flux. It is likely an immediate sister to Potentilla, in which it had been included.

Hypernyms

• (genus, fish): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass; Protacanthopterygii – superorder; Argentiniformes – order; Argentinoidei – suborder; Argentinidae – family
• (genus, plant): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae – family; Rosoideae – subfamily; Potentilleae – tribe; Potentillinae – subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus of fish): Argentina sphyraena (argentine) – type species; Argentina silus (greater argentine) – selected other species; for other species see Argentina (Argentinidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• (genus of plant): Argentina anserina (silverweed) – type species; Argentina brassii, Argentina cardotiana, Argentina commutata, Argentina contigua, Argentina curta, Argentina emodi, Argentina fallens, Argentina festiva, Argentina glabriuscula, Argentina gombalana, Argentina gorokana, Argentina gracilescens, Argentina habbemana, Argentina hooglandii, Argentina indivisa, Argentina interrupta, Argentina irianensis, Argentina kinabaluensis, Argentina leuconota, Argentina lignosa, Argentina lineata, Argentina linilaciniata, Argentina luteopilosa, Argentina mangenii, Argentina micropetala, Argentina microphylla, Argentina millefoliolata, Argentina novoguineensis, Argentina oxyodonta, Argentina pacifica (Pacific silverweed), Argentina papuana, Argentina parvula, Argentina peduncularis, Argentina phanerophlebia, Argentina philippinensis, Argentina polyphylla, Argentina polyphylloides, Argentina pycnophylla, Argentina recognita, Argentina scorpionis, Argentina sericophylla, Argentina shweliensis, Argentina simulans, Argentina smithiana, Argentina songzhuensis, Argentina stenophylla, Argentina subarctica, Argentina sumatrana, Argentina taliensis, Argentina tapetodes, Argentina tristis, Argentina tugitakensis, Argentina turfosa, Argentina victorialis, Argentina vittata, Argentina wanimboi, Argentina wenchuensis, Argentina wilhelminensis, Argentina yonoweana – other species

References

• Argentina (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Argentina (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Argentina (Argentinidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Argentina (Rosaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Argentina (fish) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Argentina (Rosaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Argentina at USDA Plants database

English

Flag of Argentina.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin argentīnuslbor.

Spanish argentino

Spanish Argentinabor.

English Argentina

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").

Compare typologically copper (<< Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros, “Cyprus”), a semantic shift in the opposite direction).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːɹdʒənˈtiːnə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ˌɑːd͡ʒənˈtiːnə]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˌɑɹ.d͡ʒənˈti.nə]
  • (Scotland) IPA^(key): [ˌɑɾ.d͡ʒənˈti.nə]

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -iːnə
• Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentina

2. A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.

   Synonyms: Argentine Confederation, Argentine Nation, Argentine Republic, United Provinces of the River Plate

   • 2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     To dollarize its economy, Argentina would need to exchange all pesos held by its people and businesses for US dollars, and assign a dollar value to all of its assets and contracts.

Coordinate terms

• (country in South America):
  countries in South America (appendix)edit

  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • Guyana
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Suriname
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela

Derived terms

• Argentinan
• Little Argentina

Related terms

• Argentine
• Argentinean
• Argentinian

Translations

Argentine Republic

• Afrikaans: Argentinië
• Akan: Agyentina
• Albanian: Argjentinë f (indefinite), Argjentina (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: አርጀንቲና (ʾärǧäntina)
• Arabic: الْأَرْجَنْتِين f (al-ʔarjantīn) (definite)

  Hijazi Arabic: الأرجنتين (al-ʔarjantīn) (definite)

• Aragonese: Archentina f
• Armenian: Արգենտինա (hy) (Argentina), Արժանթին (Aržantʻin) (Western Armenian)
• Assamese: আৰ্জেণ্টিনা (arzentina)
• Asturian: Arxentina (ast) f
• Aymara: Arxintina
• Azerbaijani: Argentina (az), Arjantin (az) (South Azerbaijani)
• Basque: Argentina (eu)
• Belarusian: Аргенці́на f (Arhjencína), Аргенты́на f (Arhjentýna) (Taraškevica)
• Bengali: আর্জেন্টিনা (bn) (arjenṭina)
• Breton: Arc'hantina (br) f
• Bulgarian: Арженти́на f (Aržentína)
• Burmese: အာဂျင်တီးနား (agyangti:na:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Арґенти́на f (Argentýna)
• Catalan: Argentina (ca) f
• Cebuano: Argentina
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿根廷 (aa³ gan¹ ting⁴)

  Hokkien: 阿根廷 (A-kun-têng)

  Mandarin: 阿根廷 (zh) (Āgēntíng)

  Wu: 阿根廷 (¹a-ken-din; ⁷aq-ken-din)

• Chuvash: Аргентина (Argent̬ina)
• Circassian:

  West Circassian: Аргентинэ (Arɣentinɛ)

• Cornish: Arghantina f
• Corsican: Argentina f, Arghjentina f, Arghjintina f
• Czech: Argentina (cs) f
• Danish: Argentina (da) n
• Dhivehi: އާޖެންޓީ (ājen̊ṭī)
• Dutch: Argentinië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Argentino (eo)
• Estonian: Argentina (et), Argentiina (et)
• Farefare: Arzentina
• Finnish: Argentiina (fi)
• French: Argentine (fr) f
• Friulian: Argjentine ?
• Galician: Arxentina (gl) f
• Georgian: არგენტინა (ka) (argenṭina)
• German: Argentinien (de) n
• Greek: Αργεντινή (el) f (Argentiní)
• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} Argentina

• Gujarati: આર્જંટિના ? (ārjaṇṭinā)
• Haitian Creole: Ajantin
• Hawaiian: ʻAlekina
• Hebrew: אַרְגֶּנְטִינָה (he) f (argentína)
• Hindi: अर्जेंटीना (hi) m (arjẽṭīnā)
• Hungarian: Argentína (hu)
• Hunsrik: Arschentina n
• Icelandic: Argentína (is) f
• Ido: Arjentinia (io)
• Ilocano: Argentina
• Indonesian: Argentina (id)
• Interlingua: Argentina
• Irish: An Airgintín f
• Italian: Argentina (it) f
• Japanese: アルゼンチン (ja) (Aruzenchin) (亜爾然丁 (ja) (アルゼンチン, Aruzenchin))
• Javanese: Argentina
• Kannada: ಅರ್ಜೆಂಟೀನ (kn) (arjeṇṭīna)
• Kapampangan: Argentina
• Kazakh: Аргентина (kk) (Argentiyna)
• Khmer: អាហ្សង់ទីន (km) (ʼaazɑngtiin)
• Korean: 아르헨티나 (ko) (Areuhentina), 아르헨띠나 (ko) (Areuhenttina) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەرژەنتین (erjentîn)

  Northern Kurdish: Arjantîn (ku), Arjentîn (ku), Erjentîn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Аргентина (ky) (Argentina)
• Ladino: Arjentina f
• Lao: ອາກຊັງຕີນ (ʼāk sang tīn)
• Latin: Argentina (la) f
• Latvian: Argentīna (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Argentina (lt) f
• Low German: Argentinien (nds) ?
• Luxembourgish: Argentinien (lb) ?
• Macedonian: Аргенти́на (mk) f (Argentína)
• Malay: Argentina
• Malayalam: അർജന്റീന (aṟjanṟīna)
• Maltese: L-Arġentina f (definite)
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} Yn Arjenteen f
• Māori: Āketina
• Mapudungun: Arkentina
• Marathi: अर्जेंटिना n (arjeṇṭinā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Аргентин (Argentin)

• Nahuatl: Arxentina
• Nauruan: Argentina (na)
• Navajo: Béésh Łigaii Bikéyah
• Neapolitan: Argentina f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Argentina (no) n

  Nynorsk: Argentina (nn) n

• Occitan: Argentina (oc) f
• Odia: ଆର୍ଜେଣ୍ଟିନା (ārjeṇṭinā)
• Pashto: ارجنټاين m (arjanṭāyn)
• Persian:

  Dari: اَرْجِنْتَایْن (arjintāyn), اَرْجَنْتَایْن (arjantāyn)

  Iranian Persian: آرْژانْتین (âržântin)

• Piedmontese: Argentin-a f
• Polish: Argentyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Argentina (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਅਰਜਨਟੀਨਾ (arjanṭīnā)
• Quechua: Arxintina
• Romanian: Argentina (ro) f
• Romansh: Argentinia f
• Russian: Аргенти́на (ru) f (Argentína)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: Argentina

• Samogitian: Argentėna
• Scots: Argenteinie, Argentinae
• Scottish Gaelic: An Argantain f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Аргенти́на f

  Latin: Argentína (sh) f

• Sicilian: Argintina f
• Sinhalese: ආර්‍ජන්‍ටිනාව (ārjanṭināwa), ආජන්ටිනාව (ājanṭināwa)
• Slovak: Argentína (sk) f
• Slovene: Argentina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Argentinska f

  Upper Sorbian: Argentinska f

• Spanish: Argentina (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: Argentinia
• Swahili: Argentina (sw), Ajentina (sw)
• Swedish: Argentina (sv) n
• Tagalog: Arhentina (tl)
• Tajik: Аргентина (tg) (Argentina), Оржонтин (Oržontin)
• Tamil: அர்ஜென்டினா (arjeṉṭiṉā), அர்கெந்தீனா (arkentīṉā)
• Tatar: Аргентина (Argentina)
• Telugu: అర్జెంటీనా (te) (arjeṇṭīnā)
• Tetum: Arjentina
• Thai: อาร์เจนตินา (th) (aa-jeen-dtì-nâa)
• Tibetan: ཨར་གེན་ཐིན (ar gen thin)
• Tigrinya: ኣርጀንቲና (ʾarǧäntina)
• Turkish: Arjantin (tr)
• Turkmen: Argentina
• Ukrainian: Аргенти́на (uk) f (Arhentýna), Арґенти́на f (Argentýna)
• Urdu: اَرْجَنْٹائِن m (arjanṭāin), اَرْجَنْٹِینا m (arjanṭīnā)
• Uyghur: ئارگېنتىنا (argëntina)
• Uzbek: Argentina (uz)
• Venetan: Argentina f
• Vietnamese: Ác-hen-ti-na, Á Căn Đình (dated)
• Volapük: Largäntän (vo)
• Võro: Argentina
• Welsh: Yr Ariannin f, Gweriniaeth yr Ariannin (cy) f
• Wolaytta: Arjjentina
• Wolof: Arsantin
• Yiddish: אַרגענטינע f (argentine)
• Yoruba: Ajẹn̄tínà
• Zazaki: Arcantin (diq)

Further reading

• Argentina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Argentina on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Argentina on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:Argentina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• argentian, tanagrine

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Арҝентина
Arabic		آرگئنتینا

Alternative forms

• Arjantin (South Azerbaijani)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin argentīnuslbor.

Spanish argentino

Spanish Argentinabor.

Russian Аргенти́на (Argentína)bor.

Azerbaijani Argentina

Borrowed from Russian Аргенти́на (Argentína), borrowed from Spanish Argentina, from argentino, a learned borrowing from Latin argentīnus, from argentum (“silver”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑɾɟenˈtinɑ], [ɑɾɟ͡ʝenˈtinɑ]

Proper noun

Argentina (definite accusative Argentinanı)

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• argentinalı

Declension

Declension of Argentina

	singular
nominative	Argentina
definite accusative	Argentinanı
dative	Argentinaya
locative	Argentinada
ablative	Argentinadan
definite genitive	Argentinanın

Possessive forms of Argentina

	nominative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Argentinam
sənin (“your”)	Argentinan
onun (“his/her/its”)	Argentinası
bizim (“our”)	Argentinamız
sizin (“your”)	Argentinanız
onların (“their”)	Argentinası or Argentinaları
	accusative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Argentinamı
sənin (“your”)	Argentinanı
onun (“his/her/its”)	Argentinasını
bizim (“our”)	Argentinamızı
sizin (“your”)	Argentinanızı
onların (“their”)	Argentinasını or Argentinalarını
	dative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Argentinama
sənin (“your”)	Argentinana
onun (“his/her/its”)	Argentinasına
bizim (“our”)	Argentinamıza
sizin (“your”)	Argentinanıza
onların (“their”)	Argentinasına or Argentinalarına
	locative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Argentinamda
sənin (“your”)	Argentinanda
onun (“his/her/its”)	Argentinasında
bizim (“our”)	Argentinamızda
sizin (“your”)	Argentinanızda
onların (“their”)	Argentinasında or Argentinalarında
	ablative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Argentinamdan
sənin (“your”)	Argentinandan
onun (“his/her/its”)	Argentinasından
bizim (“our”)	Argentinamızdan
sizin (“your”)	Argentinanızdan
onların (“their”)	Argentinasından or Argentinalarından
	genitive
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Argentinamın
sənin (“your”)	Argentinanın
onun (“his/her/its”)	Argentinasının
bizim (“our”)	Argentinamızın
sizin (“your”)	Argentinanızın
onların (“their”)	Argentinasının or Argentinalarının

Basque

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin argentīnuslbor.

Spanish argentino

Spanish Argentinabor.

Basque Argentina

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /arɡentina/ [ar.ɣ̞ẽn̪.t̪i.na]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /arɡentiɲa/ [ar.ɣ̞ẽn̪.t̪i.ɲa]
• (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ina, -a
• (Southern) Rhymes: -iɲa, -a
• Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentina inan

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Argentina (inan a-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Argentina
ergative	Argentinak
dative	Argentinari
genitive	Argentinaren
comitative	Argentinarekin
causative	Argentinarengatik
benefactive	Argentinarentzat
instrumental	Argentinaz
inessive	Argentinan
locative	Argentinako
allative	Argentinara
terminative	Argentinaraino
directive	Argentinarantz
destinative	Argentinarako
ablative	Argentinatik
partitive	Argentinarik
prolative	Argentinatzat

Derived terms

• argentinar (“Argentine; Argentinian”)

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ər.ʒənˈti.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.d͡ʒenˈti.na]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ar.ʒenˈti.na]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Audio (Barcelona):

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Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• argentí

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Proper noun

Argentina

1. (Amecameca, Cholula, Milpa Alta, Texcoco and Tlaxcala) Argentina (a country in South America)

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin argentīnuslbor.

Spanish argentino

Spanish Argentinabor.

Czech Argentina

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarɡɛntɪna]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪna
• Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentina f (relational adjective argentinský, demonym Argentinec, female demonym Argentinka)

1. Argentina (a country in South America; official name: Argentinská republika)

Declension

Declension of Argentina (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Argentina
genitive	Argentiny
dative	Argentině
accusative	Argentinu
vocative	Argentino
locative	Argentině
instrumental	Argentinou

See also

countries in South America: státy Jižní Ameriky (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolívie
• Brazílie
• Ekvádor
• Guyana
• Chile
• Kolumbie
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Surinam
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Further reading

• “Argentina”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Argentina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Argentina”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “Argentina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑrɡ̊enˈtiˑnɑ/, [ɑrɡ̊enˈtʲiˑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -iˑnɑ
• Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Argentina (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Argentina	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Argentina
genitive			—
partitive		Argentinat	—
illative		Argentinna Argentinasse	—
inessive		Argentinas	—
elative		Argentinast	—
allative		Argentinale	—
adessive		Argentinal	—
ablative		Argentinalt	—
translative		Argentinaks	—
terminative		Argentinani	—
essive		Argentinana	—
abessive		Argentinata	—
comitative		Argentinaga	—

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈti.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧tì‧na

Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentino
• argento

Anagrams

• argenanti, arginante, granatine, inargenta, ingranate, rinnegata

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ar.d͡ʒenˈtiː.na]

Proper noun

Argentīna f sg (genitive Argentīnae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Argentina (a country in South America; official name: Rēspūblica Argentīnae; capital: Bonus Aër)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Argentīna
genitive	Argentīnae
dative	Argentīnae
accusative	Argentīnam
ablative	Argentīnā
vocative	Argentīna

Related terms

• argentīnus

See also

countries in South America: Amerī̆cae Austrālis cīvitātēs (appendix)edit

• Aequātōria
• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brasīlia
• Chilia ~ Chile
• Columbia
• Guiāna ~ Guaiana
• Paraguaia ~ Paraquaria
• Perūvia
• Surinamia
• Uruguaia ~ Uraquaria
• Venetiola ~ Venezuelae

Lithuanian

Argentinà

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐrʲɡʲɛnʲtʲɪˈnɐ]
• Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentinà f (uncountable, relational adjective argentiniẽtiškas or argenti̇̀niškas, demonym argentiniẽtis, female demonym argentiniẽtė) stress pattern 2

1. Argentina (a country in South America; official name: Argenti̇̀nos Respùblika)

Declension

Declension of Argentinà

	singular
nominative	Argentinà
genitive	Argenti̇̀nos
dative	Argenti̇̀nai
accusative	Argenti̇̀ną
instrumental	Argentinà
locative	Argenti̇̀noje
vocative	Argenti̇̀na

See also

countries in South America: Pietų̃ Amèrikos valstýbės (appendix)edit

• Argentinà
• Boli̇̀vija
• Brazi̇̀lija
• Či̇̀lė
• Ekvadòras
• Gajanà
• Kolùmbija
• Paragvãjus
• Perù
• Surinãmas
• Urugvãjus
• Venesuelà

Further reading

• “Argentina” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɾɡəntɪːnɑ/

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentiner
• argentinsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentinar
• argentinsk

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentin
• Argentin

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin argentīnuslbor.

Spanish argentino

Spanish Argentinabor.

Portuguese Argentina

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/ [aɦ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/ [aɦ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ʒẽˈti.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -inɐ, (Brazil) -ĩnɐ
• Homophone: argentina
• Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America; official name: República Argentina)

Related terms

• argentino

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Arschentina

See also

countries in South America: países da América do Sul (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolívia
• Brasil
• Chile
• Colômbia
• Equador
• Guiana
• Paraguai
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguai
• Venezuela

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin argentīnuslbor.

Spanish argentino

Spanish Argentinabor.

Romanian Argentina

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina. Furthermore, from Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑr.dʒenˈti.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Argentina f (genitive and dative Argentinei)

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentinian
• argentiniană

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arɡentǐːna/
• Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentína f (Cyrillic spelling Аргенти́на, relational adjective argèntīnskī, demonym Argentínac, female demonym Argèntīnka)

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

   Argentina se nalazi u neodgovarajućoj vremenskoj zoni. ― Argentina is located in an inappropriate time zone.

Declension

Declension of Argentina

	singular
nominative	Argentina
genitive	Argentine
dative	Argentini
accusative	Argentinu
vocative	Argentino
locative	Argentini
instrumental	Argentinom

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arɡɛntìːna/

Proper noun

Argentína f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Argentína
genitive	Argentíne
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Argentína
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Argentíne
dative (dajȃlnik)	Argentíni
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Argentíno
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Argentíni
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Argentíno

Related terms

• Argentínec / Argentínka
• argentínski

See also

countries in South America: države Južne Amerike (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivija
• Brazilija
• Čile
• Ekvador
• Gvajana
• Kolumbija
• Paragvaj
• Peru
• Surinam
• Urugvaj
• Venezuela

Further reading

• “Argentina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin argentīnuslbor.

Spanish argentino

Spanish Argentina

From argentino (“silvery”), in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river"), since first European explorers, looking for gold and silver, thought it looked like silver because of the reflection of sunlight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾxenˈtina/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪i.na]

• Audio (Peru); “Argentina; capital: Buenos Aires”:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)
   • 2024 October 17, CNN, “En imágenes: algunos episodios de la vida de Liam Payne”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     El cantante Liam Payne murió a los 31 años tras caer desde el tercer piso de un hotel de Buenos Aires, Argentina, informó la policía local.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• The definite article is optional when one refers to Argentina in Spanish (i.e. la Argentina). It is mostly used in Argentina and Uruguay.

Related terms

• argentina
• argentino

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Arhentina

See also

countries in South America: países de Suramérica (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brasil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Perú
• Surinam
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Anagrams

• tangerina

Swahili

Alternative forms

• Ajentina

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin argentīnuslbor.

Spanish argentino

Spanish Argentinabor.

English Argentinabor.

Swahili Argentina

Borrowed from English Argentina.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Argentina n (genitive Argentinas)

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentinsk (“Argentine”, adjective)
• argentinare c (“Argentine male”)
• argentinska c (“Argentine female”)

See also

countries in South America: Sydamerikas länder (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brasilien
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Surinam
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

References

• “Argentina”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	Argentina
Cyrillic	Аргентина
Arabic	آرژانتین

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Аргенти́на (Argentína).

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

See also

countries in South America: Günorta Amerika döwleti (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Boliwiýa
• Braziliýa
• Çili
• Ekwador
• Gaýana
• Kolumbiýa
• Paragwaý
• Peru
• Surinam
• Urugwaý
• Wenesuela

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Аргенти́на (Argentína).

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)