conjunto

See also: conjuntó

English

Noun

conjunto (countable and uncountable, plural conjuntos)

1. (countable) A small Latin American musical ensemble, mainly in Mexico and Cuba.
   • 2009 April 13, A. E. Velez, “Manny Oquendo, Latin Band Leader and Stylistic Innovator, Dies at 78”, in New York Times‎:

     In 1962, he joined Eddie Palmieri’s seminal band, La Perfecta, which challenged the big band scene with a smaller, conjunto lineup that called for fewer players and more improvisation.

2. (uncountable) The style of music played by such groups.
   • 2012, Helena Simonett, The Accordion in the Americas, page 99:

     […] conjunto is also evolving as a popular-music style. Younger musicians who once rejected conjunto and the accordion in the 1970s and 1980s, or those musicians who stopped performing due to lack of interest in conjunto, have […]

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɲˈʒun.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kuɲˈʒun.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɲˈd͡ʒun.to]

Verb

conjunto

1. first-person singular present indicative of conjuntar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• conjuncto (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin coniūnctus (“adjoining, connected”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõˈʒũ.tu/

• Hyphenation: con‧jun‧to

Noun

conjunto m (plural conjuntos)

1. a group of people

   Synonyms: coletivo, grupo

2. a collection, a group of things

   Synonym: coleção

   • 2007, Ram Charan, Know-how: as 8 competências que separam os que fazem dos que não fazem, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 74:

     É necessário ter know-how para penetrar no caos organizado que existe na maior parte das empresas e concentrar-se no conjunto de elementos cruciais.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Uma historia verdadeira [A true story]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 52:

     Todo aquelle conjuncto de graças ia ser d’elle outra vez.

     That whole bundle of graces would be his once again.

3. (music) band

   Synonym: banda

4. (mathematics) set (collection of mathematical objects, often having a common property)
5. outfit (all the clothes that you wear at the same time, usually special clothes)

   Synonym: modelito

Adjective

conjunto (feminine conjunta, masculine plural conjuntos, feminine plural conjuntas, sometimes comparable)

1. (not comparable) joined, linked

   Synonyms: junto, ligado

   Antonym: separado

2. contiguous

   Synonym: contíguo

3. adjoining, nearby

   Synonyms: perto, próximo

   Antonyms: distante, longe

4. (not comparable) joint (done by two or more people together)

Further reading

• conjunto on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “conjunto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “conjunto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈxunto/ [kõŋˈxũn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -unto
• Syllabification: con‧jun‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin coniūnctus, perfect passive participle of coniungō (“to join together”), from cum- + iungō (“to join”).

Adjective

conjunto (feminine conjunta, masculine plural conjuntos, feminine plural conjuntas)

1. joint

Derived terms

• declaración conjunta
• en conjunto
• función de densidad de probabilidad conjunta

Noun

conjunto m (plural conjuntos)

1. outfit
2. group
3. squad
4. (mathematics) set

Derived terms

• conjunto de partes
• conjunto vacío
• subconjunto
• teoría de conjuntos

Etymology 2

Verb

conjunto

1. first-person singular present indicative of conjuntar

See also

• colección f

Further reading

• “conjunto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025