gasta

See also: gastá

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

gasta

  1. fast; quick, rapid
    Synonyms: mear, tapa
  2. smart; quick, clever
  3. neat, tidy

Declension
Declension of gasta
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gasta ghasta gasta;
ghasta²
Vocative ghasta gasta
Genitive gasta gasta gasta
Dative gasta;
ghasta¹		 ghasta gasta;
ghasta²
Comparative níos gasta
Superlative is gasta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • gastacht f (“fastness, quickness, rapidity; smartness, cleverness; tidiness”)
  • gastaire m (“smart, impudent, fellow”)
  • gastóg f (“smart expression; quick retort; smart, saucy, girl”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gasta ghasta ngasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “gasta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “gasta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Portuguese

Verb

gasta

  1. inflection of gastar:
    1. short feminine singular past participle
    2. third-person singular present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡasta/ [ˈɡas.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Syllabification: gas‧ta

Verb

gasta

  1. inflection of gastar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Verb

gasta (present gastar, preterite gastade, supine gastat, imperative gasta)

  1. to shout or scream at the top of one's voice

Conjugation
Conjugation of gasta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive gasta —
Supine gastat —
Imperative gasta —
Imper. plural1 gasten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative gastar gastade — —
Ind. plural1 gasta gastade — —
Subjunctive2 gaste gastade — —
Participles
Present participle gastande
Past participle gastad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gastar.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: gas‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ɡasˈta/, [ɡɐsˈta]

Noun

gastá

  1. spending of money
    Synonyms: gugol, gastos, paggugol, paggastos

Derived terms
  • gastahan
  • gastahin
  • gumasta
  • magasta
  • maggagasta
  • magpakagasta
  • pagastahan
  • pagastahin
  • paggasta
  • pagkagastahan
  • pagpapakagasta
  • pinagkakagastahan
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