just

justo

adjective

just
[dʒʌst]
adjetivo
1justo(a) (fair)
  • it's only just that… -> es justo que…
  • he got his just deserts -> recibió su merecido
adverbio
2justamente, justo (exactly)
  • that's just what I told her -> eso es exactamente or justo lo que le dije
  • that's just the point! -> ¡de eso se trata, precisamente!
  • isn't that just my luck! -> ¡vaya mala suerte que tengo!
  • it's just as good/difficult as… -> es tan bueno/difícil como…
  • just then -> justo entonces
  • he's busy just now -> está ocupado en este (preciso) momento
  • just as I was leaving… -> justo en el momento en que me iba…
  • I can just see her as a doctor -> me la imagino perfectamente como médica
3sólo, solamente (only)
  • she's just a baby -> no es más que una niña
  • it costs just £10 -> sólo cuesta 10 libras
4justo (barely)
  • just before/after -> justo antes/después
  • just over/under £50 -> poco más/menos de 50 libras
  • just in time -> justo a tiempo
  • it's only just big enough -> tiene el tamaño justo
  • it's just enough to live on -> llega justo para vivir
  • they just missed the train -> perdieron el tren un pelo
5(recently)
  • to have just done something -> acabar de hacer algo
  • I saw him just now -> lo acabo de ver
  • just yesterday -> ayer mismo
  • just last year -> tan sólo el año pasado
6(simply)
  • it was just wonderful/dreadful! -> ¡fue sencillamente maravilloso/horroroso!
  • he just refuses to listen! -> ¡es que se niega a escuchar!
  • just ask if you need money -> si necesitas dinero, no tienes más que pedirlo
7(in threats, exhortations)
  • just (you) try/wait! -> ¡inténtalo/espera y verás!
  • (that's) just as well! -> ¡menos mal!
just about
1casi (almost)
  • they're just about the same -> son casi iguales
  • I can just about manage -> me las puedo arreglar más o menos
  • to be just about to do something -> estar a punto de hacer algo

just [yast]
adjetivo
1Justo, que es conforme a la justicia, equitativo, verdadero.
2Recto, íntegro, honrado, virtuosos, puro, inocente.
3Justo, exacto; cabal, aquello a que nada sobra ni falta.
4Ordenado, colocado en orden; exactamente proporcionado.
  • A just judge -> un juez íntegro, recto
  • Just dealing -> buena fe
  • A just charge -> una acusación fundada; una admonición justa, imparcial
adverbio
5Justamente, exactamente, cabalmente.
6Apuradamente, tasadamente.
7Casi o cuasi; a punto de.
  • He’s just about finished his meal -> está a punto de terminar su comida
8No más que, apenas; en el mismo instante; sólo, solamente.
9Poco ha o hace, dentro de un momento; nuevamente, de nuevo.
  • Just as -> al momento que, luego que, al tiempo que; cuando; no bien
  • Just then -> en ese mismo instante
  • Not just now, hasta ahora no. Just a -> (like), lo mismo que, semejante a
  • Just now -> ahora mismo, en este mismo instante, poco hace, recientemente, últimamente
  • Just by -> aquí cerca
  • Just as I came in -> en el momento mismo o al tiempo de entrar yo
  • Just as you please -> como Ud
  • Just beyond -> un poco más allá
  • That will just do -> eso será conveniente
  • To have but just time -> tener justamente el tiempo necesario
  • It’s just what I wanted -> es precisamente lo que quería
  • Leave it just as it is -> déjalo tal y como está
  • To have everything just so -> tener cada cosa en su sitio
  • She’d just as soon not go -> ella prefiere no ir
  • Just over/under 500 grs -> poco más de 500 grs
  • Just listen -> ¡escucha un poco
  • Just shut up -> ¡Cállate ya
  • It’s just perfect -> ¡qué maravilla
  • Just in case -> por si acaso (phrases)
guste. (Imperatives). (Emphatic).

just [dʒʌst]
adjective
1 (fair) [+person, system] justo
as is only just como es justo; como es de razón
2 (deserved) [+praise, reward] merecido; [+punishment] apropiado; justo
3 (justified) [+complaint, criticism] justificado; [+opinion] lógico
4 (accurate) [+account] correcto; [+assessment] correcto; exacto
noun:plural
the just los justos
just [dʒʌst]
adverb
1 (relating to time) (at this moment) ahora mismo
we're just off nos vamos ahora mismo; I'm just coming! ¡ya voy!
we were just going
"have some tea!" — "actually, I was just going" —tómate un té —en realidad ya me iba
(at that moment) justo
he was just leaving when the phone rang estaba justo saliendo cuando sonó el teléfono
he was just going to have a bath when he heard a noise
(recently, a moment ago)
we were just talking about that precisamente ahora mismo estábamos hablando de eso;or
just cookedcooked recién hecho
it's just gone 10 o'clockgone acaban de dar las diez
to have just done sthhave acabar de hacer algo
he has just left acaba de irse; he had just left acababa de irse
I've just seen him I had just seen him
just marriedmarried recién casados
the book is just outout el libro acaba de salir
it's just past 10 o'clockpast acaban de dar las diez
(in expressions specifying "when")
just after I arrivedafter poco después de mi llegada
just after Christmas justo después de Navidad; it's just after 9 o'clock son las nueve un poco pasadas
just as I arrivedas justo cuando yo llegaba
just as it started to rain justo cuando empezó a llover; en el momento en que empezó a llover
just before I arrivedbefore poco antes de mi llegada
just before Christmas justo antes de Navidad
I saw him just this minuteminute lo he visto hace un momento
I've just this minute finished it acabo de terminarlo en este momento
just at that momentmoment en ese mismo momento instante;or
just this morningmorning esta misma mañana
not just [now] I'm rather busy just [now] I did it just [now] just [then] the phone rang
just when it was going well ...when precisamente justamente cuando iba bien ...;or
just when he started to sing would you like some tea? - not just now, thank you
just yesterdayyesterday ayer mismo
"are you leaving?" — "not just yet"yet —¿te vas? —aún todavía no;or
are you ready? - not just yet not just yet
2 (barely) por poco
we (only) just missed it lo perdimos por muy poco; I (only) just caught it lo alcancé por un pelo; por poco lo pierdo
we had just enough moneyenough teníamos el dinero justo
he missed the train, but only justonly perdió el tren, pero por poco
he passed, but only just aprobó pero por los pelos
we arrived just in timetime por poco no llegamos; llegamos justo a tiempo
3 (slightly)
just over/under two kilosoverunder un poco más de/menos de dos kilos
it's just over/under two kilos pasa de/no llega a los dos kilos
just to the left/rightto un poco más a la izquierda/derecha
just to one side a un lado
if you could move the vase just to one side for a moment... the photographer asked the groom to stand just to one side while he photographed the bride with the bridesmaids
4 (exactly) justo; exactamente
it's just my size es justo exactamente mi talla;or it's just the same es justo exactamente igual;or just here/there aquí/ahí mismo; just behind/in front of/next to etcetc justo detrás/delante de/al lado de etc;etc it's just (on) 10 (o'clock) son las diez en punto; it cost just (on) £20 me costó veinte libras justas
he was standing just at the corner
just how many we don't know no sabemos exactamente cuántos
that's just it!it ¡ahí está!; (informal) ¡esa es la cuestión!
"What makes you think that? Has he said something?" — "No, no, that's just it. He hasn't said or done anything" You may feel that this will make you look silly. But that's just it; everyone nowadays is afraid of speaking out because of what others might say and do. "He reminds me of a cabbage." — "That's just it; he never does anything without being pushed"
he's just like his fatherlike (physically, in behaviour) es idéntico a su padre
that's just like him, always late es típico (de él), siempre llega tarde; they are just like brothers son como hermanos; they have their problems just like the rest of us tienen sus problemas, exactamente igual que el resto de nosotros; I can't find £1,000 just like that no puedo conseguir mil libras así sin más
just like that he walked in and demanded his dinner, just like that
that's just the point!point ¡ahí está!; (informal) ¡esa es la cuestión!
"What makes you think that? Has he said something?" — "No, no, that's just it. He hasn't said or done anything" You may feel that this will make you look silly. But that's just it; everyone nowadays is afraid of speaking out because of what others might say and do. "He reminds me of a cabbage." — "That's just it; he never
he likes everything just soso (informal) le gusta que todo esté perfecto
it's just what I wantedwhat es justo precisamente lo que quería;or
that's just what I thought eso es justo precisamente lo que pensé;or just what did he say? ¿qué dijo exactamente?; just what are you implying? ¿qué es exactamente lo que estás insinuando?
that's just what I was going to say
5 (only) solo; sólo; nomás; (LAm)
In the past the standard spelling for [solo] as an adverb was with an accent ([sólo]). Nowadays the [Real Academia Española] advises that the accented form is only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjective [solo].
they were just 15 when they got married tenían solo nada más 15 años cuando se casaron;or he's just a lad no es más que un chaval; es solo un chaval; it's just a mouse es solo un ratón; don't take any notice of her, she's just jealous no le hagas ni caso, lo que está es celosa lo que pasa es que está celosa;or
it's just around the corneraround está a la vuelta de la esquina
I just asked!asked (humorous) ¡preguntaba nada más!
just a fewfew solo unos pocos; unos pocos nada más
just a littlelittle solo un poco; un poco nada más
just onceonce una vez nada más; solamente solo una vez;or
it's just over thereover está ahí mismo
it's just a suggestionsuggestion es solo una sugerencia
he's just teasingteasing solo está bromeando; está bromeando, nada más
just this oncethis solo esta vez
alright, you can go by yourself, but just this once
we went just to see the museumto fuimos solo para ver el museo
just the two of ustwo los dos solos; solo nosotros dos
I just wanted to say that ...wanted solo quería decir que ...
6 (simply) sencillamente
I just told him to go away le dije sencillamente que se fuera; just ask the way simplemente pregunta por dónde se va; I'm just phoning to remind you that ... solo llamo para recordarte que ...; let's just wait and see es mejor esperar a ver (qué pasa); you should just send it back deberías devolverlo sin más; he just couldn't wait to see them tenía unas ganas enormes de verlos
it's just one of those thingsone (informal) son cosas que pasan
it's just that I don't like itthat lo que pasa es que no me gusta
I just thought that you would like itthought yo pensé que te gustaría
7 (specially) solo; sólo
I did it just for youfor lo hice solo por ti
8 (conceivably)
it may just be possible puede que sea posible; it's an old trick, but it could just work es un viejo truco, pero puede que funcione
9 (in comparisons)
just asas tan
it's just as good as yours es tan bueno como el tuyo; you sing just as well as he does cantas tan bien como él; the new one is just as big el nuevo es igual de grande; this model goes just as fast este modelo va igual de rápido
10 (in imperatives)
just let me get my hands on him!let (informal) ¡cómo lo coja!; ¡con que lo agarre!; (LAm)
just listen to that rain!listen ¡escucha fíjate cómo llueve!;or
just listen a minute, will you? ¡escúchame un momento!, ¿quieres?
just look at this mess!look at ¡fíjate qué desorden!
just wait a minute!wait ¡espera un momento!
just you wait, he'll come sure enough (reassuringly) espera hombre, ya verás cómo viene; just (you) wait until I tell your father (threateningly) ya verás cuando se lo cuente a tu padre; espera (nomás ) a que se lo cuente a tu padre; (LAm)
just shut up!
just you do!you (informal)just you try it!you (informal)just you dare!you (informal) ¡inténtalo si te atreves!
just hold the line a moment, please espere un momento, por favor
11 (emphatic)
she's just amazing! es una mujer increíble; "that dress is awful" — "isn't it just?" (informal) —ese vestido es francamente horrible —¡y tanto!
we're managing just finefine nos apañamos perfectamente
it's just perfect!perfect ¡es absolutamente perfecto!
he's just [plain] stupid/obstinate
12 (imagining something)
I can just hear the roars of laughterhear me puedo imaginar muy bien perfectamente las carcajadas;or
I can just imagine her reactionimagine me imagino muy bien perfectamente su reacción;or
I can just see her face if I told hersee me puedo imaginar muy bien perfectamente la cara que pondría si se lo dijese;or
13 (in set expressions)
just aboutabout
I've just about finished this work estoy a punto de terminar este trabajo; it's just about finished está casi terminado; I think that it was just about here that I saw him creo que yo estaba más o menos aquí cuando lo vi; I've just about had enough of this noise! (informal) ¡estoy ya más que harto de este ruido!
the incident just about ruined him
to be just about to do sth estar a punto de hacer algo; I was just about to phone estaba a punto de llamar
it was just about to rain we're just about to leave
come just as you areas ven tal como estás
leave it just as it is déjalo tal como está; just as you wish como usted quiera; just as I thought! ¡ya me lo figuraba imaginaba!;or ¡lo que yo me figuraba imaginaba!;or
just in casecase por si acaso
just in case it rains por si acaso llueve; por si llueve; I've prepared some extra food, just in case he preparado comida de más, por si las moscas por si acaso; (informal)or
just a minute!minutejust one moment!moment (coming) ¡un momento, por favor!; ¡voy!
just a minute, I don't know if I agree with that ... un momento, no sé si estoy de acuerdo con eso ...
just the same, I'd rather ...same de todas formas, prefiero ...
it just [so] happens ... I'd just as soon you didn't do it
that's just too bad!too (humorous) ¡qué lástima!; ¡qué mala pata!; (informal)
but I'll miss the party - well, that's just too bad! you should have thought of that earlier he'll be very upset - that's just too bad. I can't take everybody's feelings into consideration
it's just as wellwell menos mal
it's just as well it's insured menos mal que está asegurado; I wasn't expecting much, which was just as well no esperaba mucho, y menos mal; it would be just as well if we checked the prices más valdría que comprobásemos los precios
it would be just as well if ... it would be just as well if he went it's just as well I brought my umbrella I'm taking a sleeping bag, just in case

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