ajustar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From a- + just (“just”) + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ʒusˈta]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.d͡ʒusˈtaɾ]
=== Verb ===
ajustar (first-person singular present ajusto, first-person singular preterite ajustí, past participle ajustat)
to adjust, to set
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=== Further reading ===
“ajustar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“ajustar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“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)
(transitive, technology) to adjust, regulate, set (an instrument, microscope, meter, etc.)
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=== References ===
Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 70, 219
Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 66
== Ladino ==
=== Verb ===
ajustar (Hebrew spelling אג׳וסטאר)
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)
to adjust
to adapt
to fit
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
ajustável
=== Further reading ===
“ajustar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ajustar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== 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/ [a.xusˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧jus‧tar
=== Verb ===
ajustar (first-person singular present ajusto, first-person singular preterite ajusté, past participle ajustado)
to adjust, to set
Antonym: desajustar
to fine-tune
to fit
(reflexive) to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
Synonyms: acatar, respetar
(reflexive) to adjust (oneself/itself)
==== Conjugation ====
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=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“ajustar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025