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justar

Spanish, verb/xusˈtaɾ/

justar is spelled J-U-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish, the 268,459th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Justar is a Spanish verb meaning “to joust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pelear o combatir en las justas”.

What does justar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to joust

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Pelear o combatir en las justas.

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 justar

  • justo first-person present singular
  • justé first-person preterite singular
  • justado participle past
  • justando gerund
  • justada feminine participle past
  • justados masculine participle past
  • justadas feminine participle past
  • justas indicative informal present
  • justás indicative informal present
  • justa indicative present singular
  • justamos first-person indicative plural
  • justáis indicative plural present
  • justan indicative plural present
  • justaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • justabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • justábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • justabais imperfect indicative plural
  • justaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce justar?

  • /xusˈtaɾ/
  • [xusˈt̪aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to justar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is justar in Spanish?

justar appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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