bastante
Galician
Alternative forms
- abastante
Etymology
Attested since the 14th century. From the archaic present participle of bastar: bastar + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [basˈtantɪ]
Adjective
bastante m or f (plural bastantes)
- enough
- Durou a festiña do dito castelo anque foi de présa mui bastante tempo.
- The party at the said castle lasted for quite enough time.
- Synonym: suficiente
Related terms
- bastar
Adverb
bastante
- enough
- Synonym: abondo
References
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈstan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: ba‧stàn‧te
Adjective
bastante (plural bastanti)
- sufficient
Derived terms
- bastantemente
Participle
bastante (plural bastanti)
- present participle of bastare
Further reading
- bastante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Ladino
Adverb
bastante (Latin spelling)
- enough, quite, rather
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.t(ɨ)/
- 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)
- many; a lot of; a large amount of
- Antonym: pouco
- Leio bastantes livros.
- I read a lot of books.
- Synonym: muito
Usage notes
Some always use singular.
Noun
bastante m (uncountable)
- (with definite article o) enough things; a sufficient amount
- Já comi o bastante.
- I have already eaten enough.
- Synonym: suficiente
Adjective
bastante m or f (plural bastantes)
- (Brazil, chiefly law) meeting requirements
Spanish
Etymology
From bastar (“to suffice, be enough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basˈtante/ [basˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: bas‧tan‧te
Adjective
bastante (plural bastantes)
- enough; sufficient
- Necesitas beber bastante agua.
- You need to drink enough water.
- quite some; quite a bit (of)
- Toma bastante tiempo.
- It takes quite some time.
Derived terms
- bastantemente
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
- bastar
Further reading
- “bastante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014