See also: Justo and justó

LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

jūstō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of jūstus

Old SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • iusto (alternative spelling)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin iūstus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

justo m (plural justos, feminine singular justa, feminine plural justas)

  1. 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. Nó ſe juez en toda la tierra q́ 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”.

AdjectiveEdit

justo (feminine singular justa, masculine plural justos, feminine plural justas)

  1. just, righteous
    • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14v.
      embio pharaon amoẏſen ¬ aaron. E dixo les peq́ 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 termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Spanish: justo

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese justo, from Latin iūstus (just, righteous), jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ustu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃtu
  • Hyphenation: jus‧to

AdjectiveEdit

justo (feminine justa, masculine plural justos, feminine plural justas, comparable, comparative mais justo, superlative o mais justo or justíssimo)

  1. free from sin and guilt; righteous
  2. morally justified; righteous
  3. fair, just

DescendantsEdit

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish justo, from Latin iūstus, jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈxusto/ [ˈxus.t̪o]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Syllabification: jus‧to

AdverbEdit

justo

  1. right, just
  2. exactly
  3. tightly

Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

justo (feminine justa, masculine plural justos, feminine plural justas, superlative justísimo)

  1. just, fair

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

justo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of justar

Further readingEdit

VenetianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin iūstus, jūstus (compare Italian giusto).

AdjectiveEdit

justo (feminine singular justa, masculine plural justi, feminine plural juste)

  1. right
  2. just, fair