junto

See also: juntó

English

Etymology

Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌn.təʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒʊn.təʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌn.toʊ/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ʌntəʊ, (General American) -ʌntoʊ

Noun

junto (plural juntos or juntoes)

1. (archaic) 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.

Anagrams

• Jotun, Jötun, Tounj, jotun, jötun

Galician

Adjective

junto (feminine junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xunto

Verb

junto

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of juntar

Further reading

• “junto” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.tu/

• Hyphenation: jun‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese junto, from Latin iūnctus.

Adjective

junto (feminine junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas, not comparable)

1. together

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Alternative forms

• jũto (obsolete, abbreviation)

Derived terms

• juntamente

Related terms

• juntar

Adverb

junto (not comparable)

1. together (at the same time, in the same place)

   Synonym: juntamente

2. near, next

   Synonyms: ao pé, ao lado, à beira, perto

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Alternative forms

• jũto (obsolete, abbreviation)

Derived terms

• junto com

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

junto

1. first-person singular present indicative of juntar

Further reading

• “junto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxunto/ [ˈxũn̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -unto
• Syllabification: jun‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin iūnctus (“joined, united”).

Adjective

junto (feminine junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas)

1. together
2. joined
3. next to

Derived terms

• cejijunto
• ojijunto
• todo junto

 

Adverb

junto

1. together

   Pablo y yo nos sentamos juntos en la clase.

   Pablo and I sit together in class.

2. (all) together, (in) total

   Todo junto son 30 kg.

   All together it weighs 30 kg.

Preposition

junto

1. next to, together with, alongside (+ a)

   El perro está jugando junto al gato.

   The dog is playing next to the cat.

2. along with, together with, alongside (+ con)
3. in conjunction with (+ con)

Derived terms

• junto a

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

junto

1. first-person singular present indicative of juntar

Further reading

• “junto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28