bastir

See also: baştir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew, weave”). Cognate with French bâtir, from the same Germanic source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəsˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [basˈtiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

bastir (first-person singular present basteixo, first-person singular preterite bastí, past participle bastit)

1. (transitive) to build; to construct

   Synonyms: construir, edificar

2. (transitive) to erect

   Synonyms: muntar, armar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bastir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			bastir
gerund			bastint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bastit		bastida
		plural		bastits		bastides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	basteixo	basteixes	basteix	bastim	bastiu	basteixen
	imperfect	bastia	basties	bastia	bastíem	bastíeu	bastien
	future	bastiré	bastiràs	bastirà	bastirem	bastireu	bastiran
	preterite	bastí	bastires	bastí	bastírem	bastíreu	bastiren
	conditional	bastiria	bastiries	bastiria	bastiríem	bastiríeu	bastirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	basteixi	basteixis	basteixi	bastim	bastiu	basteixin
	imperfect	bastís	bastissis	bastís	bastíssim	bastíssiu	bastissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	basteix	basteixi	bastim	bastiu	basteixin
	negative (no)	—	no basteixis	no basteixi	no bastim	no bastiu	no basteixin

Derived terms

• bastida
• bastidor
• bastigi
• bastiment
• desbastir

 

Further reading

• “bastir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bastir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bastir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bastir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bastir, borrowed from Old French bastir (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basˈtiɾ/

Verb

bastir (first-person singular present basto, first-person singular preterite bastín, past participle bastido)
bastir (first-person singular present basto, first-person singular preterite bastim or basti, past participle bastido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (archaic) to build
2. (archaic) to supply

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bastir

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bastir
Personal	bastir	bastires	bastir	bastirmos	bastirdes	bastiren
Gerund
	bastindo
Past participle
Masculine	bastido			bastidos
Feminine	bastida			bastidas
Indicative
Present	basto	bastes	baste	bastimos	bastides	basten
Imperfect	bastía	bastías	bastía	bastiamos	bastiades	bastían
Preterite	bastín	bastiches	bastiu	bastimos	bastistes	bastiron
Pluperfect	bastira	bastiras	bastira	bastiramos	bastirades	bastiran
Future	bastirei	bastirás	bastirá	bastiremos	bastiredes	bastirán
Conditional	bastiría	bastirías	bastiría	bastiriamos	bastiriades	bastirían
Subjunctive
Present	basta	bastas	basta	bastamos	bastades	bastan
Imperfect	bastise	bastises	bastise	bastísemos	bastísedes	bastisen
Future	bastir	bastires	bastir	bastirmos	bastirdes	bastiren
Imperative
Affirmative		baste	basta	bastamos	bastide	bastan
Negative (non)		non bastas	non basta	non bastamos	non bastades	non bastan

    Reintegrated conjugation of bastir (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bastir
Personal	bastir	bastires	bastir	bastirmos	bastirdes	bastirem
Gerund
	bastindo
Past participle
Masculine	bastido			bastidos
Feminine	bastida			bastidas
Indicative
Present	basto	bastes	baste	bastimos	bastides, bastis	bastem
Imperfect	bastia	bastias	bastia	bastíamos	bastíades, bastíeis, bastíais1	bastiam
Preterite	bastim, basti	bastiste, bastiche1	bastiu	bastimos	bastistes	bastírom, bastiram
Pluperfect	bastira	bastiras	bastira	bastíramos	bastírades, bastíreis, bastírais1	bastiram
Future	bastirei	bastirás	bastirá	bastiremos	bastiredes, bastireis	bastirám, bastirão
Conditional	bastiria	bastirias	bastiria	bastiríamos	bastiríades, bastiríeis, bastiríais1	bastiriam
Subjunctive
Present	basta	bastas	basta	bastamos	bastades, bastais	bastam
Imperfect	bastisse	bastisses	bastisse	bastíssemos	bastíssedes, bastísseis	bastissem
Future	bastir	bastires	bastir	bastirmos	bastirdes	bastirem
Imperative
Affirmative		baste	basta	bastamos	bastide, basti	bastam
Negative (nom)		nom bastas	nom basta	nom bastamos	nom bastades, nom bastais	nom bastam

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• abastecer
• bastida
• bastidor
• bastimento

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bastir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bast”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bastir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bastir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bastir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Middle French

Etymology

Old French bastir.

Verb

bastir

1. to build; to construct
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     D'iceulx fauldroit bastir les murailles en les arrangeant en bonne symmetrie d'architecture, & mettant les plus grans au premiers rancz, et puis en taluant à doz d'asne arrangeant les moyens & finablement les petitz.

     From this, we would have to build the walls with a good symmetrical architecture, putting the biggest ones at the bottom, and then by mounting the back of an ass, the middle-sized one and finally the smallest ones.

Descendants

• French: bâtir

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

bastir

1. to build; to construct

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bastīre.

Verb

bastir

1. to build; to construct

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of bastir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bastir			avoir basti
gerund		en bastissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		bastissant
past participle		basti
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	bastis	bastis	bastist	bastissons	bastissez	bastissent
	imperfect	bastissoie, bastisseie	bastissoies, bastisseies	bastissoit, bastisseit	bastissiiens, bastissiens	bastissiiez, bastissiez	bastissoient, bastisseient
	preterite	basti	bastis	basti	bastimes	bastistes	bastirent
	future	bastirai	bastiras	bastira	bastirons	bastiroiz, bastireiz, bastirez	bastiront
	conditional	bastiroie, bastireie	bastiroies, bastireies	bastiroit, bastireit	bastiriiens, bastiriens	bastiriiez, bastiriez	bastiroient, bastireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	bastisse	bastisses	bastisse	bastissons	bastissez	bastissent
	imperfect	bastisse	bastisses	bastist	bastissons, bastissiens	bastissoiz, bastissez, bastissiez	bastissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	bastis	—	bastissons	bastissez	—

Derived terms

• bastissement

Descendants

• Middle French: bastir
  • French: bâtir
    • Haitian Creole: bati
• Norman: baïr
• Picard: bâti
• Walloon: bati (Liégeois), bâti (Charleroi)
• → Middle English: basten
  • English: baste

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bastir, borrowed from Old French bastir (“to build”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /basˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [basˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /basˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [basˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /basˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʃˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [baʃˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /basˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐʃˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐʃˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐʃˈti.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bas‧tir

Verb

bastir (first-person singular present basto, first-person singular preterite basti, past participle bastido)

1. to felt (a hat)
2. to pad, quilt

   Synonym: acolchoar

3. (archaic) to build

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bastir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bastir
Personal	bastir	bastires	bastir	bastirmos	bastirdes	bastirem
Gerund
	bastindo
Past participle
Masculine	bastido			bastidos
Feminine	bastida			bastidas
Indicative
Present	basto	bastes	baste	bastimos	bastis	bastem
Imperfect	bastia	bastias	bastia	bastíamos	bastíeis	bastiam
Preterite	basti	bastiste	bastiu	bastimos	bastistes	bastiram
Pluperfect	bastira	bastiras	bastira	bastíramos	bastíreis	bastiram
Future	bastirei	bastirás	bastirá	bastiremos	bastireis	bastirão
Conditional	bastiria	bastirias	bastiria	bastiríamos	bastiríeis	bastiriam
Subjunctive
Present	basta	bastas	basta	bastamos	bastais	bastam
Imperfect	bastisse	bastisses	bastisse	bastíssemos	bastísseis	bastissem
Future	bastir	bastires	bastir	bastirmos	bastirdes	bastirem
Imperative
Affirmative		baste	basta	bastamos	basti	bastam
Negative (não)		não bastas	não basta	não bastamos	não bastais	não bastam

Derived terms

• bastidor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan bastir (“to build”), borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew, weave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basˈtiɾ/ [basˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: bas‧tir

Verb

bastir (first-person singular present basto, first-person singular preterite bastí, past participle bastido)

1. (dated) to build
2. (dated) to provide

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bastir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bastir
gerund			bastiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bastido		bastida
		plural		bastidos		bastidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	basto	bastestú bastísvos	baste	bastimos	bastís	basten
	imperfect	bastía	bastías	bastía	bastíamos	bastíais	bastían
	preterite	bastí	bastiste	bastió	bastimos	bastisteis	bastieron
	future	bastiré	bastirás	bastirá	bastiremos	bastiréis	bastirán
	conditional	bastiría	bastirías	bastiría	bastiríamos	bastiríais	bastirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	basta	bastastú bastásvos2	basta	bastamos	bastáis	bastan
	imperfect (ra)	bastiera	bastieras	bastiera	bastiéramos	bastierais	bastieran
	imperfect (se)	bastiese	bastieses	bastiese	bastiésemos	bastieseis	bastiesen
	future1	bastiere	bastieres	bastiere	bastiéremos	bastiereis	bastieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bastetú bastívos	basta	bastamos	bastid	bastan
	negative		no bastas	no basta	no bastamos	no bastáis	no bastan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “bastir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014