bastare

See also: bastaré

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bastāre (“to be enough; to suffice”), possibly derived from a modification of Late Latin bastum (“stick, staff, rod, pole”), from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to lift, carry, bear, support (weight)”).[1] Compare Sicilian bastari, Spanish and Portuguese bastar, French baster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ba‧stà‧re

Verb

bastàre (first-person singular present bàsto, first-person singular past historic bastài, past participle bastàto, auxiliary èssere) [auxiliary essere]

  1. (intransitive) to be enough
  2. (intransitive) to be able
  3. (intransitive) to last; to keep
  4. (impersonal) to suffice

Conjugation

Descendants

  • → French: baster

References

  1. “bastare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bastare.

Verb

bastare

  1. Alternative form of vastare

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “bastare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Spanish

Verb

bastare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of bastar
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