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Argentina
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argentina argentína Argentína Argentīna Argentīnā Argentiną Arġentina
Translingual
thumb|Argentina sphyraena species Argentina sphyraena
thumb|Argentina anserina species Argentina anserina
Etymology
mul la -, feminine singular of la argentinus silvery
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Argentinidae herring smelt s
genus 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 genus, in which it had been included.
Hypernyms
genus fish
genus plant ; Rosoideae subfamily subfamily; Potentilleae tribe tribe; Potentillinae subtribe subtribe
Hyponyms
genus of fish Argentina sphyraena species (argentine) type species; Argentina silus species (greater argentine) selected other species; for other species see Argentina (Argentinidae) Argentina (Argentinidae)
genus of plant Argentina anserina species (silverweed) type species; Argentina brassii species, Argentina cardotiana species, Argentina commutata species, Argentina contigua species, Argentina curta species, Argentina emodi species, Argentina fallens species, Argentina festiva species, Argentina glabriuscula species, Argentina gombalana species, Argentina gorokana species, Argentina gracilescens species, Argentina habbemana species, Argentina hooglandii species, Argentina indivisa species, Argentina interrupta species, Argentina irianensis species, Argentina kinabaluensis species, Argentina leuconota species, Argentina lignosa species, Argentina lineata species, Argentina linilaciniata species, Argentina luteopilosa species, Argentina mangenii species, Argentina micropetala species, Argentina microphylla species, Argentina millefoliolata species, Argentina novoguineensis species, Argentina oxyodonta species, Argentina pacifica species (Pacific silverweed), Argentina papuana species, Argentina parvula species, Argentina peduncularis species, Argentina phanerophlebia species, Argentina philippinensis species, Argentina polyphylla species, Argentina polyphylloides species, Argentina pycnophylla species, Argentina recognita species, Argentina scorpionis species, Argentina sericophylla species, Argentina shweliensis species, Argentina simulans species, Argentina smithiana species, Argentina songzhuensis species, Argentina stenophylla species, Argentina subarctica species, Argentina sumatrana species, Argentina taliensis species, Argentina tapetodes species, Argentina tristis species, Argentina tugitakensis species, Argentina turfosa species, Argentina victorialis species, Argentina vittata species, Argentina wanimboi species, Argentina wenchuensis species, Argentina wilhelminensis species, Argentina yonoweana species other species
References
Argentina (fish)
Argentina (plant)
Argentina (Argentinidae)
Argentina (Rosaceae)
Argentina (fish)
Argentina (Rosaceae)
ARGEN
English
frameless|right|250px|Flag of Argentina.
Etymology
en ine-pro *h₂erǵ-
en :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina 1
From en la argentum silver + the feminine of the adjectival suffix la -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").
Compare typologically en copper (<< grc Κύπρος Cyprus, a semantic shift in the opposite direction).
Pronunciation
en /ɑːɹdʒənˈtiːnə/
en [ˌɑːd͡ʒənˈtiːnə] RP
en [ˌɑɹ.d͡ʒənˈti.nə] US
en [ˌɑɾ.d͡ʒənˈti.nə] Scotland
en en-us-Argentina.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Argentina.wav UK
en iːnə 4
en Ar gen ti na
Proper noun
en Q414en country cont/South America Buenos Aires Argentine Republic.
en Argentine Confederation Argentine Nation Argentine Republic United Provinces of the River Plate
en Anna Cooban Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/23/business/javier-milei-argentina-dollerization-explainer 2023-10-23 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260130062742/https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/23/business/javier-milei-argentina-dollerization-explainer 30 January 2026
Coordinate terms
country in South America
Derived terms
en Argentinan Little Argentina
Related terms
en Argentine Argentinian Argentinean
Translations
Q414 Argentine Republic Afrikaans: af Argentinië
Akan: ak Agyentina
Albanian: sq Argjentinë f indefinite, sq Argjentina f definite
Amharic: am አርጀንቲና
Arabic: ar الْأَرْجَنْتِين f definite
Hijazi Arabic: acw الأرجنتين al-ʔarjantīn definite
Aragonese: an Archentina f
Armenian: hy Արգենտինա, hy Արժանթին Western Armenian
Assamese: as আৰ্জেণ্টিনা
Asturian: ast Arxentina f
Aymara: ay Arxintina
Azerbaijani: az Argentina, az Arjantin South Azerbaijani
Basque: eu Argentina
Belarusian: be Аргенці́на f, be Аргенты́на f Taraškevica
Bengali: bn আর্জেন্টিনা
Breton: br Arc'hantina f
Bulgarian: bg Арженти́на f
Burmese: my အာဂျင်တီးနား
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Арґенти́на f
Catalan: ca Argentina f
Cebuano: ceb Argentina
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 阿根廷 aa3 gan1 ting4
Hokkien: nan-hbl 阿根廷 A-kun-têng
Mandarin: cmn 阿根廷 Āgēntíng
Wu: wuu 阿根廷 1a-ken-din; 7aq-ken-din
Chuvash: cv Аргентина
Circassian:
West Circassian: ady Аргентинэ
Cornish: kw Arghantina f
Corsican: co Argentina f, co Arghjentina f, co Arghjintina f
Czech: cs Argentina f
Danish: da Argentina n
Dhivehi: dv އާޖެންޓީ
Dutch: nl Argentinië n
Esperanto: eo Argentino
Estonian: et Argentina, et Argentiina
Farefare: gur Arzentina
Finnish: fi Argentiina
French: fr Argentine f
Friulian: fur Argjentine ?
Galician: gl Arxentina f
Georgian: ka არგენტინა
German: de Argentinien n
Greek: el Αργεντινή f
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug Argentina
Gujarati: gu આર્જંટિના ?
Haitian Creole: ht Ajantin
Hawaiian: haw ʻAlekina
Hebrew: he אַרְגֶּנְטִינָה f argentína
Hindi: hi अर्जेंटीना m
Hungarian: hu Argentína
Hunsrik: hrx Arschentina n
Icelandic: is Argentína f
Ido: io Arjentinia
Ilocano: ilo Argentina
Indonesian: id Argentina
Interlingua: ia Argentina
Irish: ga Airgintín f An Airgintín
Italian: it Argentina f
Japanese: ja アルゼンチン Aruzenchin (ja 亜爾然丁 アルゼンチン, Aruzenchin)
Javanese: jv Argentina
Kannada: kn ಅರ್ಜೆಂಟೀನ
Kapampangan: pam Argentina
Kazakh: kk Аргентина
Khmer: km អាហ្សង់ទីន
Korean: ko ^아르헨티나, ko ^아르헨띠나 North Korea
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئەرژەنتین
Northern Kurdish: kmr Arjantîn, kmr Arjentîn, kmr Erjentîn
Kyrgyz: ky Аргентина
Ladino: lad Arjentina f
Lao: lo ອາກຊັງຕີນ
Latin: la Argentina f
Latvian: lv Argentīna f
Lithuanian: lt Argentina f
Low German: nds Argentinien ?
Luxembourgish: lb Argentinien ?
Macedonian: mk Аргенти́на f
Malay: ms Argentina
Malayalam: ml അർജന്റീന
Maltese: mt Arġentina f L-Arġentina definite
Manx: gv Arjenteen f Yn Arjenteen
Māori: mi Āketina
Mapudungun: arn Arkentina
Marathi: mr अर्जेंटिना n
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Аргентин
Nahuatl: nah Arxentina
Nauruan: na Argentina
Navajo: nv Béésh Łigaii Bikéyah
Neapolitan: nap Argentina f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Argentina n
Nynorsk: nn Argentina n
Occitan: oc Argentina f
Odia: or ଆର୍ଜେଣ୍ଟିନା
Pashto: ps ارجنټاين m arjanṭāyn
Persian:
Dari: prs اَرْجِنْتَایْن, prs اَرْجَنْتَایْن
Iranian Persian: fa-ira آرْژانْتین
Piedmontese: pms Argentin-a f
Polish: pl Argentyna f
Portuguese: pt Argentina f
Punjabi: pa ਅਰਜਨਟੀਨਾ arjanṭīnā
Quechua: qu Arxintina
Romanian: ro Argentina f
Romansh: rm Argentinia f
Russian: ru Аргенти́на f
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Argentina
Samogitian: sgs Argentėna
Scots: sco Argenteinie, sco Argentinae
Scottish Gaelic: gd Argantain An Argantain f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Аргенти́на f
Latin: sh Argentína f
Sicilian: scn Argintina f
Sinhalese: si ආර්ජන්ටිනාව, si ආජන්ටිනාව
Slovak: sk Argentína f
Slovene: sl Argentina f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Argentinska f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Argentinska f
Spanish: es Argentina f
Sranan Tongo: srn Argentinia
Swahili: sw Argentina, sw Ajentina
Swedish: sv Argentina n
Tagalog: tl Arhentina
Tajik: tg Аргентина, tg Оржонтин
Tamil: ta அர்ஜென்டினா, ta அர்கெந்தீனா
Tatar: tt Аргентина
Telugu: te అర్జెంటీనా
Tetum: tet Arjentina
Thai: th อาร์เจนตินา
Tibetan: bo ཨར་གེན་ཐིན
Tigrinya: ti ኣርጀንቲና
Turkish: tr Arjantin
Turkmen: tk Argentina
Ukrainian: uk Аргенти́на f, uk Арґенти́на f
Urdu: ur اَرْجَنْٹائِن m, ur اَرْجَنْٹِینا m
Uyghur: ug ئارگېنتىنا
Uzbek: uz Argentina
Venetan: vec Argentina f
Vietnamese: vi Ác-hen-ti-na, vi Á Căn Đình dated
Volapük: vo Largäntän
Võro: vro Argentina
Welsh: cy Ariannin f Yr Ariannin, cy Gweriniaeth yr Ariannin f
Wolaytta: wal Arjjentina
Wolof: wo Arsantin
Yiddish: yi אַרגענטינע f
Yoruba: yo Ajẹn̄tínà
Zazaki: zza Arcantin
Further reading
Anagrams
en aaeginnrt argentian tanagrine
Azerbaijani
az:
Арҝентина آرگئنتینا
Alternative forms
az Arjantin South Azerbaijani
Etymology
az :bor ru:Аргенти́на ++ 1
Pronunciation
3
Proper noun
no
az Argentina Q414
Derived terms
az argentinalı
Declension
a no
Basque
eu:
Etymology
eu República Argentina :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> + 1
Pronunciation
Argentina<hyph:Ar.gen.ti.na>
Proper noun
in
eu Argentina Q414
Declension
in.pr
Derived terms
eu argentinar<t:Argentine; Argentinian>
Further reading
38
Catalan
ca:
Etymology
ca :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
ca es Argentina.
Pronunciation
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Argentina.wav Valencia
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-Argentina.wav Barcelona
Proper noun
f
ca Argentina Q414
Derived terms
ca argentí
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
nch :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
nch es Argentina.
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch Argentina Q414
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
nhn :bor es:Argentina
nhn es Argentina.
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn Amecameca Cholula Milpa Alta Texcoco and Tlaxcala nhn Argentina Q414
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina 1 1
Pronunciation
[ty]
cs Cs-Argentina.ogg
cs ɪna 4
cs Ar gen ti na
Proper noun
f argentinský Argentinec Argentinka
cs Argentina Q414 cs:Argentinská republika
Declension
f.sg
See also
Further reading
Argentina 0/34771
cs terms suffixed with -ina exonyms
Danish
da:
Etymology
da :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
da es Argentina.
Proper noun
da Argentina Q414
Estonian
et:
Etymology
et :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
et es Argentina.
Pronunciation
argenˈti*na
et iˑnɑ 4
et Ar gen ti na
Proper noun
et proper noun
et Argentina Q414
Declension
Argentina sg
Italian
it:
Etymology
it :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
it es Argentina.
Pronunciation
Argentìna
Proper noun
f
it Argentina Q414
Related terms
it argentino
it argento
Anagrams
it aaeginnrt argenanti arginante granatine inargenta ingranate rinnegata
Latin
la:
Etymology
la :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina +
Pronunciation
Argentīna 0
Proper noun
Argentīna<1>
la New Latin la Argentina Q414 Rēspūblica Argentīnae Bonus Aër
Declension
Argentīna<1>
Related terms
la argentīnus
See also
Lithuanian
lt:
thumb|250px|Argentinà
Etymology
lt :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
lt es Argentina.
Pronunciation
Argentinà
Proper noun
f Argentinà - argentiniẽtiškas argentìniškas argentiniẽtis argentiniẽtė 2
lt Argentina Q414 lt:Argentìnos Respùblika
Declension
Argentin Argentìn s
See also
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Etymology
nb :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
nb es Argentina.
Pronunciation
nb /ɑɾɡəntɪːnɑ/
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Argentina Q414
Related terms
nb argentiner
nb argentinsk
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
nn :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
nn es Argentina.
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Argentina Q414
Related terms
nn argentinar
nn argentinsk
Occitan
oc:
Etymology
oc :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
oc es Argentina.
Proper noun
f
oc Argentina Q414
Related terms
oc argentin
oc Argentin
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina 1 1
Pronunciation
pt inɐ ĩnɐ Brazil 4
pt argentina
pt Ar gen ti na
pt LL-Q5146 (por)-NMaia-Argentina.wav BR
Proper noun
f
pt Argentina Q414 pt:República Argentina
Related terms
pt argentino
Descendants
hrx Arschentina 1
See also
Romanian
ro:
Etymology
ro :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina 1 1 Furthermore, from ro la argentum silver + the feminine of the adjectival suffix la -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata.
Pronunciation
ro /ɑr.dʒenˈti.na/
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Argentina.wav
Proper noun
f Argentinei
ro Argentina Q414
Related terms
ro argentinian
ro argentiniană
Serbo-Croatian
sh:,sr:,hr:,bs:
Etymology
sh :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
sh es Argentina.
Pronunciation
sh /arɡentǐːna/
sh Ar gen ti na
Proper noun
Argentína f argèntīnskī Argentínac Argèntīnka
sh Argentina Q414
sh Argentina se nalazi u neodgovarajućoj vremenskoj zoni. Argentina is located in an inappropriate time zone.
Declension
Argentina Argentine Argentini Argentinu Argentino Argentini Argentinom
Slovene
sl:
Etymology
sl :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
sl es Argentina.
Pronunciation
Argentína
Proper noun
Argentína f
sl Argentina Q414
Declension
Argentín sg
Related terms
sl Argentínec / sl Argentínka
sl argentínski
See also
Further reading
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es argentino<id:Argentinian> República Argentina 1
From es 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
+<audio:Es-Argentina.ogg<a:Peru><text:Argentina; capital: Buenos Aires>>
es Argentine accent
Proper noun
f
es Argentina Q414
es CNN En imágenes: algunos episodios de la vida de Liam Payne w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/10/17/imagenes-liam-payne-one-direction-trax/ 2024-10-17 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251010020608/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/10/17/imagenes-liam-payne-one-direction-trax/ 10 October 2025
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
es argentino argentina
Descendants
tl Arhentina 1
See also
Anagrams
es tangerina
Swahili
sw:
Alternative forms
sw Ajentina
Etymology
sw :bor en:Argentina<id:República Argentina> + 1
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Argentina.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw Argentina Q414
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
sv :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
sv es Argentina, from sv la argentum silver + the feminine of the adjectival suffix la -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Argentina.wav
Proper noun
n
sv Argentina Q414
Related terms
sv argentinsk adjective Argentine
sv argentinare c Argentine male
sv argentinska c Argentine female
See also
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
Turkmen
tk:
Аргентина Argentina آرژانتین
Etymology
tk :bor ru:Аргенти́на<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
tk ru Аргенти́на.
Proper noun
tk proper noun
tk Argentina Q414
See also
Uzbek
uz:
Etymology
uz :bor ru:Аргенти́на<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
uz ru Аргенти́на.
Proper noun
uz proper noun
uz Argentina Q414
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
nhw :bor es:Argentina<id:República Argentina> República Argentina
nhw es Argentina.
Proper noun
nhw proper noun
nhw Argentina Q414