ajustar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ just (“just”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

ajustar (first-person singular present ajusto, first-person singular preterite ajustí, past participle ajustat)

1. to adjust, to set

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ajustar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ajustar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ajustar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ajustar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English adjust, French ajuster, German justieren, Italian aggiustare, Spanish ajustar. Decision no. 1216, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʒusˈtar/, /ad͡ʒusˈtar/

Verb

ajustar (present ajustas, past ajustis, future ajustos, conditional ajustus, imperative ajustez)

1. (transitive, technology) to adjust, regulate, set (an instrument, microscope, meter, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ajustar

		present		past		future
infinitive		ajustar		ajustir		ajustor
tense		ajustas		ajustis		ajustos
conditional		ajustus
imperative		ajustez
adjective active participle		ajustanta		ajustinta		ajustonta
adverbial active participle		ajustante		ajustinte		ajustonte
nominal active participle	singular	ajustanto		ajustinto		ajustonto
	plural	ajustanti		ajustinti		ajustonti
adjective passive participle		ajustata		ajustita		ajustota
adverbial passive participle		ajustate		ajustite		ajustote
nominal passive participle	singular	ajustato		ajustito		ajustoto
	plural	ajustati		ajustiti		ajustoti

Derived terms

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 70, 219
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 66

Ladino

Verb

ajustar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אג׳וסטאר)

1. to add

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ justo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧jus‧tar

Verb

ajustar (first-person singular present ajusto, first-person singular preterite ajustei, past participle ajustado)

1. to adjust
2. to adapt
3. to fit

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ajustável

Spanish

Etymology

From justo. Some of the medieval Old Spanish senses (compare Ladino ajustar (“to add”)) seem to correspond better to Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre or *iuxtāre, from Latin iuxta (compare French ajouter (“to add”)); compare ayustar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axusˈtaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧jus‧tar

Verb

ajustar (first-person singular present ajusto, first-person singular preterite ajusté, past participle ajustado)

1. to adjust, to set

   Antonym: desajustar

2. to fine-tune
3. to fit
4. (reflexive) to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with

   Synonyms: acatar, respetar

5. (reflexive) to adjust (oneself/itself)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “ajustar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014