basta
English
Interjection
basta
- (obsolete outside Spanish/Portuguese/Italian contexts) (that's) enough; stop!
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 212, column 1:
- Baſta, content thee: for I haue it full.
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Translations
Further reading
- “basta”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for basta in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʌsˈtʌ/
- Hyphenation: bas‧ta
Declension
| Declension of bastá | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | bastá | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | bastá | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | bastá | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | bastá | |||||||||||||||||
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Hyponyms
- siqriyá (“spaghetti”)
References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “basta”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Catalan
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
basta
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “basta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish basta, from Vulgar Latin *bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bas‧ta
Danish
Interjection
basta
Synonyms
Galician
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈbastɐ]
Interjection
basta
- enough, stop!
- 1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón:
- ¡Basta, basta! Vosté é sorteira, tía Suíña. Ben sabe que esas meiguerías son carocas que Dios condena. Peca quen as usa, e peca moito máis quen as espende.
- «Stop, stop! You a sorceress, aunt Suíña. You know well that those witcheries are blatant lies that God condemns. Whoever uses them sins, and sins even more whoever deals them.»
- ¡Basta, basta! Vosté é sorteira, tía Suíña. Ben sabe que esas meiguerías son carocas que Dios condena. Peca quen as usa, e peca moito máis quen as espende.
- 1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón:
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbasta/
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Icelandic
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.sta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -asta
- Hyphenation: bà‧sta
Verb
basta
- inflection of bastare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaːs.ta/
Preposition
basta
- so long as, provided
- Basta li ma jkunx hemm riskju ta‘ konfużjoni.
- As long as there is no risk of confusion.
- in spite of
Usage notes
The alternative form mbasta is slightly favoured for the use case of in spite of amongst many speakers.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbas.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -asta
- Syllabification: bas‧ta
References
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “basta”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbas.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbaʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbas.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbaʃ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: bas‧ta
Verb
basta
- inflection of bastar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbasta/ [ˈbas.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -asta
- Syllabification: bas‧ta
Derived terms
- ya basta (“that's enough; stop it; cut it out”)
- hasta decir basta
Verb
basta
Further reading
- “basta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²basta/
Verb
basta (present bastar, preterite bastade, supine bastat, imperative basta)
- to sit in a sauna
- Sitter han fortfarande och bastar?
- Is he still in the sauna?
- Synonyms: bada bastu, (Finland) gå i bastu
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | basta | — | ||
| Supine | bastat | — | ||
| Imperative | basta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | basten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bastar | bastade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | basta | bastade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | baste | bastade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bastande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbasta/
Usage notes
Used to state that the discussion is over, and that the speaker won't listen to any further arguments.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bas‧ta
- IPA(key): /basˈta/, [bɐsˈta]
- IPA(key): /ˈbasta/, [ˈbas.tɐ]
- Rhymes: -a, -asta
Interjection
bastá or basta
- used to react when one refuses to give an explanation: just because!; none of your business!; no need to ask!; whatever!
- Bakit ka nandito? Basta!
- Why are you here? Just because!
- used to react to one's sudden loss for words during an explanation
- Ay, basta! Nakakainis talaga siya!
- Urghh, whatever! He's just so annoying!
Conjunction
bastá or basta
- as long as; provided that; only if
- Kahit mahirap, basta't masipag, ay aasenso.
- Even in poverty, as long as one is hardworking, one's lifestyle will improve.
Adverb
bastá or basta
- used to reduce the force of an imperative: simply; just
- Basta panoorin mo ako.
- Just watch me.
- used to emphasize that one's knowledge or concern is limited: just; all I know is that; all that matters is that; all I can say is that
- Basta ibinigay niya sa akin ang bata, at hindi na siya nagpaliwanag.
- All I know is that he gave me the child, and he didn't explain.
- Basta ayaw ako mahuli ng pulis.
- I just don't want to be caught by the police.
- just; only; merely (used in the negative)
- Hindi lang siya basta guwapo, matalino pa.
- He's not just handsome, but intelligent too.
- Magtrabaho ka naman at hindi basta natutulog lang buong araw.
- Do your work and, not just sleep all day.
- used to emphasize lack of discernment in one's actions: just
- Huwag kang basta maniniwala sa mga grupong nanghihikayat na sumama ka sa kanila.
- Don't just believe in groups that persuade you to go with them.
Derived terms
- basta-basta
- basta-bastahin
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bas‧ta
- IPA(key): /basˈtaʔ/, [bɐsˈtaʔ]
Derived terms
- bastain
- mabasta
- magbabasta
- magbasta
- mambabasta
- pagbabasta
- pagkakabasta
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbasda/, [ˈbasta]