ajustar
Spanish, verb/axusˈtaɾ/
ajustar is spelled A-J-U-S-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ajustar is a Spanish verb meaning “to adjust, to set” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Modificar hasta llevar a la forma o tamaño justo o adecuado, en particular para permitir que case o que no…”.
What does ajustar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adjust, to set
- 2
to fine-tune
- 3
to fit
- 4
to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
- 5
to adjust (oneself/itself)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Modificar hasta llevar a la forma o tamaño justo o adecuado, en particular para permitir que case o que no discrepe con otra cosa, o que sus partes se acoplen bien. 2. Hacer posible algo a través un acuerdo justo, como un contrato, tratado, casamiento, tregua, etc. 3. Hacer que quienes estaban en desacuerdo o enemistad dialoguen y se pongan de acuerdo. 4. Reconocer y pagar una deuda o cuenta pendiente.
verb: 1. Casar, venir bien o justo, ensamblar con exactitud una cosa con otra. 2. Realizar el coito o penetración sexual.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ajustar
- ajusto first-person present singular
- ajusté first-person preterite singular
- ajustado participle past
- ajustando gerund
- ajustada feminine participle past
- ajustados masculine participle past
- ajustadas feminine participle past
- ajustas indicative informal present
- ajustás indicative informal present
- ajusta indicative present singular
- ajustamos first-person indicative plural
- ajustáis indicative plural present
- ajustan indicative plural present
- ajustaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ajustabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ajustábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ajustabais imperfect indicative plural
- ajustaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ajustar?
- /axusˈtaɾ/
- [a.xusˈt̪aɾ]
- [axusˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ajustar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ajustar in Spanish?
ajustar appears 6.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).