bastante

• abastante

Attested since the 14th century. From the archaic present participle of bastar: bastar +‎ -ante.

• IPA^(key): /basˈtante/ [bas̺ˈt̪an̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: bas‧tan‧te

bastante m or f (plural bastantes)

1. 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.

• bastar

bastante

1. enough

   Synonym: abondo

• “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.

• IPA^(key): /baˈstan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: ba‧stàn‧te

bastante (plural bastanti)

1. sufficient

• bastantemente

bastante (plural bastanti)

1. present participle of bastare

• bastante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

bastante (Latin spelling)

1. enough, quite, rather

bastante

1. feminine singular of bastant

From bastar (“to be enough”) +‎ -ante.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: bas‧tan‧te

bastante (not comparable)

1. enough; sufficiently

   Antonym: insuficientemente

   Vou fazer uma pausa, porque já trabalhei bastante. ― I'm going to take break, because I've worked enough.

2. 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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bastante.

bastante m or f (plural bastantes)

1. many; a lot of; a large amount of

   Synonym: muito

   Antonym: pouco

   Leio bastantes livros.

   I read a lot of books.

Some always use singular.

bastante m (uncountable)

1. (with definite article o) enough things; a sufficient amount

   Synonym: suficiente

   Já comi o bastante.

   I have already eaten enough.

bastante m or f (plural bastantes)

1. (Brazil, chiefly law) meeting requirements

From bastar (“to suffice, be enough”) +‎ -ante.

• IPA^(key): /basˈtante/ [basˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: bas‧tan‧te

bastante m or f (masculine and feminine plural bastantes)

1. enough; sufficient

   Synonym: suficiente

   Necesitas beber bastante agua.

   You need to drink enough water.

2. quite some; quite a bit (of)

   Toma bastante tiempo.

   It takes quite some time.

3. abundant

   Synonym: abundante

bastante

1. quite, rather, pretty, fairly

   Es bastante claro.

   It is quite clear.

2. enough; sufficiently

   He trabajado bastante.

   I have worked enough.

3. 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.

• “bastante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014