ayustar
Spanish
editEtymology
editProbably an adaptation of Catalan ajustar, from older justar, from Vulgar Latin *iuxtāre, from Latin iuxtā (“near, close”).[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧yus‧tar
Verb
editayustar (first-person singular present ayusto, first-person singular preterite ayusté, past participle ayustado)
- (nautical, transitive) to splice (rope)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of ayustar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ayustar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
edit- “ayustar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan
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- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
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