Meanings (ES + gloss)
adecuar • ajustar • amoldar • arreglar • cohonestar • compaginar • entallar • regular
To modify.
As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks…
Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.
aforar • ajustar • calibrar • hacer ajustes • regular
To improve or rectify.
But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power…
He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.
acostumbrarse • adaptarse
To change to fit circumstances.
Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community.
She waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness.
Phrases