Indonesian–English dictionary

mengamankan

To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.

mengambil

(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.

mengamuk

In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.

mengandung

(transitive) To hold inside.

menganggap

To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

menganggap rendah?

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.

mengangguk

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

menganiaya

To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.

menganyam

(uncountable) The process of making woven material on a loom.

mengapa

(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.

mengapung

(intransitive) To be capable of floating.

mengarahkan

(intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.

mengarantina

(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.

mengarantinakan

(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.

mengarsipkan

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

mengartikan

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.

mengasah

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To make sharp.

mengatur

To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

mengaum

Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.

mengaus

Becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness.

mengawinkan

(transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. [from 14th c.]

mengazab

(transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

mengebiri

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.

mengebor

(transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).

mengecam

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

mengecer

To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.

mengecil

(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.

mengecoh

(transitive) To defraud.

mengecup

(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.

mengedipkan

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

mengeja

(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]

mengejar

(transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.

mengejutkan

(transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.

mengekalkan

To give unending life to, to make immortal.

mengeklik

(computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).

mengekspor

(transitive) To sell (goods) to a foreign country.

mengelas

(transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.

mengelaskan

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

mengelompokkan

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

mengeluarkan

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

mengeluarkan darah

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

mengeluh

(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

mengelupas

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

mengembangbiakkan

(transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.

mengembik

Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry of baas; of a human, to mimic this sound.

mengemis

(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.

mengenai

Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on. [from ca. 1150–1350]

mengendalikan

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

mengendarai

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

mengepung

(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.

mengerti

(informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.

mengesahkan

To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

mengesalkan

(intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.

mengesima

To surprise greatly.

mengetik

To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

menggandakan

(transitive) To multiply by two.

mengganggu

(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

mengganjar

(of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.

menggarisbawahi

To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.

menggebuk

(uncountable) A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.

menggemukkan

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.

menggendong

(transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.

menggigil

(figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.

menggodok

(ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.

menggunakan

To make busy; to preoccupy.

menggundul

Becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness.

menghadiahkan

(transitive) To give a reward to or for.

menghancurkan penuh

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

menghantui

(transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

menghapus

(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]

menghargai

(transitive) To view as valuable.

menghemat

(transitive, gambling, slang, archaic) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.

menghentikan

(transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.

menghibahkan

(transitive) To pass down.

menghidupkan

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

menghidupkan ulang

(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

menghilang

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

menghina

Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.

menghindar

(transitive, figurative) To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.

menghitamkan

(transitive, causative) To make dirty.

menghitung

(intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.

menghujat

(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.

menghukum

(transitive) To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).

mengi

A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

mengidentifikasi

(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.

mengikat

(transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.

mengikis

(ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

mengiklankan

(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. [from 18th c.]

mengiktirad

To find fault (with something).

mengikuti

In a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion to; in accordance with. [from 16th c.]

mengiler

(ambitransitive) To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.

mengimpor

(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

menginang

(India) A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf. [from 16th c.]

mengingatkan

(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).

menginginkan

(intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

menginvasi

(transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.

mengipasi

(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.

mengira

To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

mengirim

(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

mengisyaratkan

(transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.

mengizinkan

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

mengkaji

(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

mengkhawatirkan

Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.

mengkhianati

(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.

mengkhitan

(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

mengklasifikasi

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

mengklasifikasikan

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

mengkritik

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

mengkudu

a small tree of the madder family found from India to Australasia, characterized by shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit; Morinda citrifolia.

mengobrol

To be engaged in informal conversation.

mengoceh

(intransitive) To talk idly.

mengonfigurasikan

(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

mengontrol

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

mengoprek izin

To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.

mengoptimalkan

(transitive) To make (something) optimal.

mengosongkan

(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

mengotori

(transitive) To make (something) dirty.

menguak

(intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.

menguap

(ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.

mengubah

(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

mengucurkan darah

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

menguji

(transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.

mengulang

To do again.

mengulangi

To do again.

menguliahi

(transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.

menguliti

The act of removing the skin, as for example from animals killed for meat#Noun, hides, and furs.

mengumpamakan

Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.

mengumpulkan

(architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.

mengunduh

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

menguning

(intransitive) To become yellow or yellower.

menguras

(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

mengurus

(transitive) To direct or be in charge of.

mengusir

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

mengutip

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.

mengutuk

(transitive) To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.

menhir

(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.

menikah

(intransitive) To become married (to someone).

menikahi

(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]

menikahkan

(transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. [from 14th c.]

menikmati

(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.

menimbun

(transitive) To hide or store away for later use.

meninggal

(transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.

meninggalkan

(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.

menipu

(transitive) To defraud.

meniru

(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

menit

A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).

menitip

(transitive) To trust to the care of.

menjadi

(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]

menjadikan marah

(transitive) To make insane; to inflame with passion.

menjalankan

(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation