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Latin
Adjective
jūstō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of jūstus
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- iusto (alternative spelling)
Etymology
From Latin iūstus.
Pronunciation
Noun
justo m (plural justos, feminine singular justa, feminine plural justas)
- someone just, righteous
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r:[…] Quiçab. ha .L. iuſtos en eſta uilla e pues matar los as. E non parçiras allogar por los .L. iuſtos. Por fer eſta coſa uedado ſea ati. de matar el iuſto por el peccador. Nõ ſe juez en toda la tierra q̃ fẏzies eſte iudizio.- “ Perhaps there are fifty righteous in this city and thus you would kill them. Will you not spare the place for the fifty righteous? To do such a thing is far from you; to kill the righteous because of the sinner. I know not of a judge on earth who would make such a judgment”.
Adjective
justo (feminine singular justa, masculine plural justos, feminine plural justas)
- just, righteous
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14v:embio pharaon amoẏſen ⁊ aaron. E dixo les peq̃ eſta uez el criador es iuſto. ⁊ ẏo e mio pueblo ſomos peccadores. […]- Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, “This time I have sinned against you, and the Creator is just, and my people and I are sinners. ”
Related terms
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese justo, from Latin iūstus (“just, righteous”), jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ustu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃtu
- Hyphenation: jus‧to
Adjective
justo (feminine justa, masculine plural justos, feminine plural justas, comparable, comparative mais justo, superlative o mais justo or justíssimo)
- free from sin and guilt; righteous
- morally justified; righteous
- fair, just
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish justo, from Latin iūstus, jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxusto/
- Rhymes: -usto
- Syllabification: jus‧to
Adverb
justo
- right, just
- exactly
- tightly
Derived terms
Adjective
justo (feminine justa, masculine plural justos, feminine plural justas, superlative justísimo)
- just, fair
Derived terms
Verb
justo
- first-person singular present indicative of justar
Further reading
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin iūstus, jūstus (compare Italian giusto).
Adjective
justo (feminine singular justa, masculine plural justi, feminine plural juste)
- right
- just, fair