gasta
See also: gastá
Irish
Etymology
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Adjective
gasta
- fast; quick, rapid
- Synonyms: mear, tapa
- smart; quick, clever
- neat, tidy
Declension
Declension of gasta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gasta | ghasta | gasta; ghasta² | |
| Vocative | ghasta | gasta | ||
| Genitive | gasta | gasta | gasta | |
| Dative | gasta; ghasta¹ | ghasta | gasta; ghasta² | |
| Comparative | níos gasta | |||
| Superlative | is gasta | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- gastacht f (“fastness, quickness, rapidity; smartness, cleverness; tidiness”)
- gastaire m (“smart, impudent, fellow”)
- gastóg f (“smart expression; quick retort; smart, saucy, girl”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gasta | ghasta | ngasta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gasta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gasta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Portuguese
Verb
gasta
- inflection of gastar:
- short feminine singular past participle
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡasta/ [ˈɡas.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -asta
- Syllabification: gas‧ta
Verb
gasta
- inflection of gastar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Swedish
Verb
gasta (present gastar, preterite gastade, supine gastat, imperative gasta)
- to shout or scream at the top of one's voice
Conjugation
Conjugation of gasta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gasta | — | ||
| Supine | gastat | — | ||
| Imperative | gasta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | gasten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gastar | gastade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | gasta | gastade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | gaste | gastade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | gastande | |||
| Past participle | gastad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Anagrams
- agats, gatas, tagas
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gastar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gas‧ta
- IPA(key): /ɡasˈta/, [ɡɐsˈta]
Noun
gastá
- spending of money
- Synonyms: gugol, gastos, paggugol, paggastos
Derived terms
- gastahan
- gastahin
- gumasta
- magasta
- maggagasta
- magpakagasta
- pagastahan
- pagastahin
- paggasta
- pagkagastahan
- pagpapakagasta
- pinagkakagastahan
Related terms
- gastador
- gastadora