bastante
Galician
Alternative forms
- abastante
Etymology
Attested since the 14th century. From the archaic present participle of bastar: bastar + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basˈtante/ [bas̺ˈt̪an̪.t̪ɪ]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: bas‧tan‧te
Adjective
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
Adverb
bastante
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “abastante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bastante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bastante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bastante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bastante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basˈtan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: ba‧stàn‧te
Adjective
bastante m or f (plural bastanti)
Derived terms
Participle
bastante m or f (plural bastanti)
- present participle of bastare
Further reading
- bastante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Ladino
Adverb
bastante
Norman
Adjective
bastante
- feminine singular of bastant
Portuguese
Etymology
From bastar (“to be enough”) + -ante.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /basˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /basˈtɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
- Hyphenation: bas‧tan‧te
Adverb
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
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bastante.
Determiner
bastante m or f (plural bastantes)
Usage notes
Some always use singular.
Noun
bastante m (uncountable)
- (with definite article o) enough things; a sufficient amount
- Synonym: suficiente
- Já comi o bastante.
- I have already eaten enough.
Adjective
bastante m or f (plural bastantes)
- (Brazil, chiefly law) meeting requirements
Spanish
Etymology
From bastar (“to suffice, be enough”) + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basˈtante/ [basˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: bas‧tan‧te
Adjective
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
Adverb
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
Further reading
- “bastante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024