ayustar
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Probably an adaptation of Catalan ajustar, from older justar, from Vulgar Latin *iuxtāre, from Latin iuxtā (“near, close”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧yus‧tar
Verb edit
ayustar (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 edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “ayustar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014