bastante
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Attested since the 14th century. From the archaic present participle of bastar: bastar + -ante.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bastante m or f (plural bastantes)
- enough
- Synonym: suficiente
- Durou a festiña do dito castelo anque foi de présa mui bastante tempo.
- The party at the said castle lasted for quite enough time.
Related terms edit
Adverb edit
bastante
References edit
- “abastante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “bastante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “bastante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bastante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bastante” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bastante (plural bastanti)
Derived terms edit
Participle edit
bastante (plural bastanti)
Further reading edit
- bastante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Ladino edit
Adverb edit
bastante (Latin spelling)
Norman edit
Adjective edit
bastante
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From bastar (“to be enough”) + -ante.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
bastante (not comparable)
- enough; sufficiently
- Antonym: insuficientemente
- Vou fazer uma pausa, porque já trabalhei bastante. ― I'm going to take break, because I've worked enough.
- rather; fairly; quite
- Antonym: pouco
- O livro é bastante velho. ― The book is fairly old.
- A explicação foi bastante clara. ― The explanation was quite clear.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bastante.
Determiner edit
bastante m or f (plural bastantes)
Usage notes edit
Some always use singular.
Noun edit
bastante m (uncountable)
- (with definite article o) enough things; a sufficient amount
- Synonym: suficiente
- Já comi o bastante.
- I have already eaten enough.
Adjective edit
bastante m or f (plural bastantes)
- (Brazil, chiefly law) meeting requirements
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From bastar (“to suffice, be enough”) + -ante.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /basˈtante/ [basˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: bas‧tan‧te
Adjective edit
bastante m or f (masculine and feminine plural bastantes)
- enough; sufficient
- Synonym: suficiente
- Necesitas beber bastante agua.
- You need to drink enough water.
- quite some; quite a bit (of)
- Toma bastante tiempo.
- It takes quite some time.
- abundant
- Synonym: abundante
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
bastante
- quite, rather, pretty, fairly
- Es bastante claro.
- It is quite clear.
- enough; sufficiently
- He trabajado bastante.
- I have worked enough.
- quite a bit; to a considerable degree
- Lo conozco bastante.
- I know him quite well.
- Ha llovido bastante la última semana.
- It has rained quite a lot in the last week.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bastante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014