ayustar
Spanish
Etymology
Probably an adaptation of Catalan ajustar, from older justar, from Vulgar Latin *iuxtāre, from Latin iuxtā (“near, close”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aʝusˈtaɾ/ [a.ʝusˈt̪aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aʃusˈtaɾ/ [a.ʃusˈt̪aɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aʒusˈtaɾ/ [a.ʒusˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧yus‧tar
Verb
ayustar (first-person singular present ayusto, first-person singular preterite ayusté, past participle ayustado)
- (nautical, transitive) to splice (rope)
Conjugation
Related terms
See also
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “ayustar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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