How to Say "Beach" in Indonesian

pantai

/ˈpantai̯/

The English word beach is translated into Indonesian as pantai.

The word pantai is used to refer to both the sandy shore and the general coastal area.

Meaning: sandy shore (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

To express the plural beaches, the word is reduplicated as pantai-pantai.

/ˈpantai̯/

In Java, mentioning the pantai selatan often evokes a warning against wearing green clothing. This is because green is the favorite color of Nyi Roro Kidul, the Queen of the South Sea, and wearing it may cause her to pull you into the ocean.
While pantai describes the shore, the word karang meaning 'coral' is frequently used to categorize beaches. A pantai karang is a rocky or coral beach, which differs significantly in use from a sandy one.
The word pantai is inherited from Malay, the ancestral language of many languages across Southeast Asia.

Saya pergi ke pantai.
I went to the beach.
This sentence shows how to use pantai to say you went to the beach.
Tatoeba #12141473 by Pacific, translation #5860787 by CK
Ayo kita pergi ke pantai!
Let's go to the beach!
This sentence uses pantai in an enthusiastic suggestion to go to the beach.
Tatoeba #4449991 by Bilmanda, translation #1619774 by Spamster
Mari kita pergi ke pantai.
Let's go to the beach.
This sentence uses pantai in a suggestion to go to the beach.
Tatoeba #4449993 by Bilmanda, translation #34867 by CK
Bisa saya tahu di mana pantai terdekat?
May I know where the nearest beach is?
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Sources

Wiktionary, “beach” translations and entries pantai, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries pantai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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