/basˈtante/
Translation
quite, enough, rather
Word origin
The present participle of bastar ('to suffice'), from Vulgar Latin bastare ('to be enough'), probably from Greek bastazein ('to bear'). It came to mean 'enough' and then 'quite'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- bastare
Examples
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I have quite enough with my own problems.
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The exam was rather harder than expected.
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There are quite a lot of people in the street today.
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We have waited long enough, let us go home.
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Your son has grown a fair amount this year.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(4)Spanish Adverbs of Place, Time and Degree (aquí, todavía, muy vs mucho)
Spanish Intensifiers and Downtoners: muy, -ísimo, super, un poco, más bien
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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