ayuntar
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ayuntar(
ah
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yoon
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tahr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. to join
Los dueños de las dos compañías decidieron ayuntar sus negocios.The owners of the two companies decided to join their businesses.
b. to put together
La escritora ayuntó todos sus poemas para publicar una antología.The writer put all her poems together to publish an anthology.
a. to yoke together
Pepe ayuntó a los bueyes y los arreó para arar la tierra.Pepe yoked the oxen together and drove them to plow the land.
3. (nautical)
a. to splice
El marinero torció unas cuantas cuerdas para ayuntarlas.The sailor twisted some ropes to splice them together.
ayuntarse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Te ves cansado.).
4. (colloquial) (to cohabitate)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. to live in concubinage
Don Joaquín dejó a su mujer y ahora se ayuntó con su amante.Mr. Joaquin left his wife and now lives in concubinage with his lover.
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