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◊ -ta adjetivo1 ‹persona/castigo/sociedad› just, fair; ‹causa› just 2a) (exacto) ‹medida/peso/cantidad› exact;◊ me dio el dinero justo he gave me the right money;son 40 euros justas that's 40 euros exactly; buscaba la palabra justa he was searching for exactly o just the right wordb) (apenas suficiente):◊ tener lo justo para vivir to have just enough to live on;andan muy justos de dinero they're very short of money; teníamos las sillas justas we had just enough chairs for everybodyc) (ajustado):◊ estos zapatos me quedan demasiado justos these shoes are too tight (for me)
justo 2 adverbioa) (exactamente) just;◊ justo a tiempo just in time;es justo lo que quería it's just o exactly what I wanted; vive justo al lado he lives just o right next door; y justo hoy que pensaba salir and today of all days, when I was planning to go outb) (ajustado):◊ con el sueldo que gana vive muy justo he only just manages to scrape by on what he earns;me cupo todo, pero muy justo I managed to get everything in, but only just
justo,-a
I adjetivo
1 just, fair, right
un castigo justo, a fair punishment
un hombre justo, a just man
2 (adecuado, idóneo) right, accurate
la palabra justa en el momento justo, the right word at the right time
3 (exacto) tengo tres horas justas, I've got just three hours
la medida justa, the exact measurement
4 (preciso) very: en ese justo momento apareció ella, she turned up at that very moment
5 (apretado) (ropa, tiempo) tight: estamos justos de tiempo, we're pressed for time 6 lo justo, just enough
II sustantivo masculino y femenino just o righteous person
los justos, the just, the righteous
III adverbio justo (exactamente) exactly, precisely, just
justo ahora, just now
justo al lado, right beside
justo lo que necesitaba, it's just what I needed 'justo' also found in these entries: Spanish: cada - honesta - honesto - justa - parcial - pelada - pelado - derecho - después - momento - quedar - sobre English: bang - bustling - come on - cue - dead - dip - directly - due - fair - front - godsend - jack up - just - need - nemesis - nick - nightcap - past - retribution - right - right-minded - right-thinking - square - square deal - very - across - beyond - by - immediately - make - plant - plumb - pull - rightful - smack - strike - subsistence - turn
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.