# ajustar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ just (“just”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.ʒusˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.d͡ʒusˈtaɾ]

### Verb

ajustar (first-person singular present ajusto, first-person singular preterite ajustí, past participle ajustat)
* to adjust, to set

#### Derived terms

* ajust
* ajustable
* ajustament

### Further reading

* “ajustar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ajustar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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: /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.)

#### Derived terms

* ajusti (“settings”)
* ajusto (“setting”)

### References

* Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 70, 219
* Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 66

## Ladino
### Verb

ajustar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אג׳וסטאר)
* to add

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ justo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ʒusˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ʒusˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ʒusˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ʒusˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.ʒusˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.ʒuʃˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ʒuʃˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.ʒusˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʒuʃˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʒuʃˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʒuʃˈta.ɾi/
* 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* ajustável

## 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: /axusˈtaɾ/ [a.xusˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* ajustable
* ajustado
* ajustador
* ajustamiento
* ajustar cuentas
* ajuste
* ajustón
* desajustar
* reajustar

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ajustar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “ajustar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10