basto

From Spanish basto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæstəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -æstəʊ

basto (plural bastos)

1. A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards
   • 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto:

     Spadillio first, unconquerable Lord ! / Let off two captive trumps, and swept the board. / As many more Manillio forc'd to yield, / And march'd a victor from the verdant field. / Him Basto follow'd, but his fate more hard / Gain'd but one trump and one Plebeian card […]

• boast, boats, sabot

Borrowed from Spanish basto.

basto m (plural bastos)

1. (playing cards) alternative form of bastó

• “bastos”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

basto

1. first-person singular present indicative of bastar

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasto/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asto
• Hyphenation: bas‧to

basto (accusative singular baston, plural bastoj, accusative plural bastojn)

1. bast

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasto/ [ˈbas̺.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -asto
• Homophone: vasto
• Hyphenation: bas‧to

Unknown. Compare Spanish basto.

basto (feminine basta, masculine plural bastos, feminine plural bastas)

1. dense, thick

   Synonyms: denso, espeso, mesto

2. packed

   Synonym: mesto

   Antonym: raro

Borrowed from Spanish basto.

basto m (plural bastos)

1. (card games, in the plural) clubs
2. (card games) ace of clubs

basto

1. first-person singular present indicative of bastar
2. first-person singular present indicative of bastir

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “basto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “basto”, 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), “basto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “basto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈbas.to/
• Rhymes: -asto
• Hyphenation: bà‧sto

From Latin bastum.

basto m (plural basti)

1. load
2. burden
3. packsaddle (A saddle designed to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

basto

1. first-person singular present indicative of bastare

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -astu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtu
• Hyphenation: bas‧to

basto

1. first-person singular present indicative of bastar
2. first-person singular present indicative of bastir

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasto/ [ˈbas.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -asto
• Syllabification: bas‧to
• Homophone: vasto

basto m (plural bastos)

1. packsaddle, saddle pad
   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, chapter XXV, in Ismael‎^[1], Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional, page 148:

     Los últimos que llegaban del rodeo desensillaban y largaban sus pinos sudorosos, dándoles un golpecito con las riendas en los cuartos, después de acariciarles con dos o tres palmadas el cuello, y de pasarles de la cruz a la cola el lomo del cuchillo para refrescar la traspiración espumosa bien señalada por los bastos, las bajeras y la carona.

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2. (card games) clubs

Deverbal from bastar. The "supplied" sense is likely influenced by vasto (“vast”).

basto (feminine basta, masculine plural bastos, feminine plural bastas)

1. rough, coarse
2. gross
3. homespun
4. (obsolete) having been supplied

basto

1. first-person singular present indicative of bastar
2. first-person singular present indicative of bastir

• “basto”, 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