Indonesian–English dictionary

berpeluh

(intransitive) To emit sweat.

berpelukan

(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.

berpengaruh

Having or exerting influence.

berpenyakit

Affected with or suffering from disease.

berpikir

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

berpikir kritis

The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.

berpuasa

(transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.

berpusat

(transitive) To be located (at a particular place).

bersama

At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.

bersamaan

Happening at the same moment.

bersatu

(intransitive) Become one.

bersejarah

(uncommon) Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.

bersekongkol

(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.

bersembunyi

(intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.

berseri-seri

Brightly illuminated.

berserian

Brightly illuminated.

bersifat

(in combination) Having features of a particular kind.

bersifat merugikan orang lain

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

bersifat sementara

Lasting for a short period of time.

bersih hati

Meant truly or earnestly.

bersihan

(medicine) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.

bersikeras

(with (that + indicative), or, intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.

bersin

(intransitive, medical sign) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

bersiul

(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.

berspekulasi

(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.

bersujud

To cause to lie down, to flatten.

bersulang

A common toast used when drinking in company.

bersusah payah

(transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.

berswafoto

(intransitive, informal, mobile phones) To take a selfie.

bersyukur

Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

bertahan

(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

bertahan hidup

(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

bertakhayul

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

bertalian

Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

bertambah

(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.

bertanduk

Having horns.

bertaruh

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

bertawuran

(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

bertemu

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

berteriak

(intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.

berterima kasih

(transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.

bertikai

(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible

bertulang

Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

bertunas

(gardening, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.

berubah

(intransitive) To become something different.

berudu

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.

berumput

Covered with grass.

berutang

An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

berwaktu

Happening at a certain time.

berziarah

To go on a pilgrimage.

besar

Of great size, large.

besi

(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

besok

On the day after the present day.

besuk

(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.

beta

The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.

betapa

(exclamative) Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.

betik

The fruit of this tree.

betina

Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]

betis

The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

betis depan

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: w:Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

beton

(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.

betul

Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.

bey

(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions.

Bhutan

A country in South Asia, in the Himalayas. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan. Capital: Thimphu.

bi-

Every two; a rate of once every two.

biadab

Barbaric; not civilized.

biak silang

(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.

biang jari

The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

bianglala

An amusement ride, consisting of an upright rotating wheel having seats that remain in a horizontal position as the wheel revolves.

biara

A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.

biarawati

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

bias

(statistics) The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.

biasa

(set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.

Biasa Saja

Not excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so.

biasanya

As a rule; usually; typically; in most cases.

biaya

The amount of money levied for a service.

biaya tambahan

(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.

biaya umum

(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.

bibi

The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

bibir

(countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

bibit

A young tree, larger than a seedling.

bibliotek

An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.

bicara

(intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

bida'ah

Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

bidadari

An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.

bidai

(medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.

bidak

(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.

bidal

(sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.

bidan

(obstetrics) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.

bidang

A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.

bidasan

The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.

bidat

(Islam) heretical innovation in Islamic religious beliefs or worship

bidik

(transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object

bidikan

(often, in the plural) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

bijak

Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

bijaksana

Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

bijan

The seed of this plant.

biji

(countable) Any small seed-like fruit.

biji kopi

(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

biji peler

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

biji salak

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

bijih

Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.

bikini

A brief bathing suit worn by men.

bila

(interrogative) What time; which time.

bilah

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

bilang

(countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

Bilangan

The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

bilangan bulat

(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

bilik

A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.

bilik jantung

One of two lower chambers of the heart.

bilis

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.

biliun

(dated, _, British, Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.

bimbang

Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.

bimbingan

The act or process of guiding.

binasa

(intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.

binatang

Of or relating to animals.

binatang melata

(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. [from 19th c.]

binatu

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

bincang

A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.

bintang

Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.

bintang laut

Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.

bintang siarah

(now, historical, or, astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. [from 14thc.]

bintang suraya

(astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

bintang tujuh

(astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

bintik

A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.

bio-

life

biodiversitas

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

biografi

A person's life story, especially one published.

biokimia

(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism; the study of such chemistry.

biola

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

biolog

A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

biologi

The study of all life or living matter.

biologis

Of or relating to biology.

bioma

Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.

biosfer

The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.

bioskop

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

biotop

(countable, biology) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.

Birma

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.

biro

An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).

birokrat

An official who is part of a bureaucracy.

birokratis

Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

biru

(particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.

biru empedu

A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.

biru giok

A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.

biru langit

(countable, and, uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

biru pirus

(countable, and, uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

biryani

A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.

bis

(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

bis surat

A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.

bisa

(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.