junto
See also: juntó
English
Etymology
Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.
Noun
junto (plural juntos or juntoes)
- A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:
- The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning to night, just moving sufficiently to … keep in the shade of a large tree; ….
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Premature Burial’:
- I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
- jũto (obsolete, abbreviation)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese junto, from Latin iūnctus.
Adjective
junto m (feminine singular junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas, not comparable)
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:junto.
Derived terms
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:junto.
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:juntar.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxunto/, [ˈxũn̪t̪o]
Adverb
junto
Preposition
junto
- (junto a) next to
- El perro está jugando junto al gato.
- The dog is playing next to the cat.
- (junto con) along with
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Further reading
- “junto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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