aggiustare
Italian
Etymology
From a- (“to”) + giusto (“just”, “right”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.d͡ʒusˈta.re/[1]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ag‧giu‧stà‧re
Verb
aggiustàre (first-person singular present aggiùsto, first-person singular past historic aggiustài, past participle aggiustàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to repair, to mend, to fix
- Domani qualcuno verrà ad aggiustare il lavandino.
- Someone is coming tomorrow to fix the sink.
- to adjust, to fine-tune
- to adjust, to straighten (clothing)
- (military) to aim (artillery)
- to regulate
- to settle (accounts)
- to settle (an argument)
Conjugation
Conjugation of aggiustàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
References
- ^ aggiustare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa