coyuntura

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin co- + iūnctūra.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koʝunˈtuɾa/ [ko.ʝũn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /koʝunˈtuɾa/ [ko.ʝũn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koʃunˈtuɾa/ [ko.ʃũn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koʒunˈtuɾa/ [ko.ʒũn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: co‧yun‧tu‧ra

Noun

coyuntura f (plural coyunturas)

1. juncture, conjuncture

   Synonym: momento

2. situation, circumstances

   Synonyms: situación, tesitura

   • 2020 November 29, Ana Carbajosa, “Los ultras alemanes de AfD se desgarran en luchas internas durante un congreso con medio millar de asistentes”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 2020-11-29:

     Al margen de la coyuntura pandémica, el enfrentamiento no es nuevo en AfD.

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3. (anatomy) joint

   Synonym: articulación

Derived terms

• en esta coyuntura (“at this juncture”)

Related terms

• juntura

Further reading

• “coyuntura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10