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See how the word “ajustes” is used in sentences
El sastre hizo algunos ajustes al traje. — The tailor made a few adjustments to the suit.
Los ajustes tomaron solo diez minutos. — The adjustments took only ten minutes.
¿Qué ajustes sugerirías? — What adjustments would you suggest?
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Download the app for free Spanish vocabulary testBefore it means adjustments, ajustes is where you go to change the wifi password: Ajustes is the name of the Settings app on a Spanish phone. That is the sense most people meet first, and in anything technical it is the default reading of the plural. Latin American Spanish and much of Android say Configuración instead.
Outside software the word keeps its literal sense — small corrective changes to a suit, a budget, a machine. The singular ajuste is one such change, and also the fit of a garment. Ajuste de cuentas belongs to neither: it is a settling of scores, and in the press it means a gangland killing.
configuración settings, configuration
The same menu under a different name. A phone sold in Spain says Ajustes, one sold in Mexico says Configuración.
ajustar to adjust, to tighten
The verb. Ajustar un tornillo is to tighten a screw, ajustar un precio to bring a price into line.
arreglar to fix, to repair
For something broken. Ajustar assumes the thing works and only needs bringing into line.
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