Indonesian–English dictionary

memerintah

(transitive) To issue a command to; to charge.

memerintahkan

To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.

memerlukan

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

memesan

(transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.

memetik

To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.

memfotokopi

(transitive) To make a copy using a photocopier.

memfungsikan

(chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

memijah

(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

memijahkan

(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

memikirkan

(usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.

memilih

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

meminang

(intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

memindai

(computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.

meminjam

(intransitive) To make a loan.

memiringkan

(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant. [1590]

memisahkan

(transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.

memisahkan diri

(transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

memoar

A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.

memodernkan

(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.

memori

(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.

memotong

To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.

memotong rumput

(transitive) To cut down grass or crops.

mempekerjakan

(rare) To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.

mempelajari

(academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.

mempengaruhi

(transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).

memperalami

(transitive) To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones.

memperbarui

(transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

memperbesar

(transitive) To make (something) larger.

memperbolehkan

(transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]

mempercayakan

(transitive) To trust to the care of.

mempercepat

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

mempercepatkan

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

memperdalam

(transitive) To make deep or deeper

memperdaya

To swindle, deceive, or trick.

memperdebatkan

(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.

memperingati

(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.

memperjuangkan

To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

memperkecil

(transitive) To cause to become smaller.

memperkenalkan

To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. [from 14th c.]

mempermainkan

(intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.

mempersembahkan

To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. [from 14th c.]

mempersingkat

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

mempertaruhkan

To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.

mempertimbangkan

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

mempertinggal

(transitive) To place (something) into an archive.

mempesona

(transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.

mempreskripsikan

To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.

memuaskan

Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.

memukat

(ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.

memulai

(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.

memuntahkan

(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

memutakhirkan

(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.

memutih

(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

memutuskan

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

memverifikasi

(transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.

memveto

(transitive) To use a veto against.

menabelkan

(transitive) To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table.

menabrak

(transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

menafsirkan

To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.

menahan

(transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.

menahbiskan

(transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.

menaiki

(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]

menakjub

To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. [from 16th c.]

menakjubkan

Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.

menakutkan

(informal) To a scary extent; scarily.

menampar

(transitive) To give a slap to.

menampilkan

(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

menandatangani

(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]

menangani

(transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).

menangguh-nangguhkan

(transitive) To put off; to delay (something).

menangis

(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep. Especially in anger or sadness

menara api

A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.

menari

(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

menarik

Physically attractive (of a person).

menasihati

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

menayangkan

(intransitive) To be broadcast.

mencabuntukan

(transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.

mencabut

(transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.

mencambuk

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

mencampurkan

(transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

mencekam

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

mencela

(transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely.

mencemaskan

Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.

menceritakan

(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

mencicipi

To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

mencium

(reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.

menciut

(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.

menciutkan

(transitive) To cause to become smaller.

mencoba

To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.

mencobai

To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

mencontreng

To make a tick or checkmark.

mencuat

(figurative) A quick ascent.

mencubit

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

mencuci otak

(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)

menculik

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

mencuplik

(transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

mencurigakan

Arousing suspicion.

mendadak

Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.

mendaftar

(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.

mendaki

(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.

mendalangi

(transitive) To act in the role of mastermind.

mendaur ulang

(transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.

mendefleksikan

(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.

mendefragmentasi

(computing) To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.

mendekap

(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

mendengar

Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.

mendengkur

(ambitransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

menderita

To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

menderu

(intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.

mendesah

(intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound. [from 18th c.]

mendesak

Requiring immediate attention.

mendiang

(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)

mendisfungsikan

(chiefly, electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

mendisosiasikan

(transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

mendukung

(obsolete) To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.

mendung

Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.

menduplikat

To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.

menebak

To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

menegur

(transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely.

menelaah

(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

menelan

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]

menelantarkan

(transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).

menelepon

(ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.

meneleportasi

(transitive) To move (an object) in this fashion, as by telekinesis.

menelusuri

To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.

menembak

(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

menempatkan

(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

menempeli

(transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).

menendang

(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

menengah

Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

menengas

(chiefly, agriculture) To make a mark or attach a tag to the ear of (an animal, chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal, such as ownership.

menenggak

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]

menenggelamkan

(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.

menentang

(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).

menenun

(transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

menerima

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

menerjang

(transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.

menerjemahkan

(transitive, dated) To give up; to yield; to surrender.

menetap

To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.

menetek

(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

mengabadikan

To give unending life to, to make immortal.

mengabaikan

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

mengaduk

(transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

mengakselerasikan

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

mengaktifkan

(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.

mengalahkan

(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.

mengalami

(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

mengalihbahasakan

(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.

mengalir

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.

mengalirkan darah

(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.