hasta

Meaning

Adv

even

Prep

1. until
2. up to, to the point of, as much as
3. even

Hyphenated as

has‧ta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈasta/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fasta, and of ultimate uncertain origin. Commonly proposed etymologies are Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā, “until”) and Latin ad ista (“to this”).
According to Coromines & Pascual (1980:323-324), fasta is first attested with certainty in the 13th century (dubiously earlier since 1074), with variants fata (att. 1098 as hata, Auto de Reyes Magos), adte (att. 1050, very rare), ata (att. ca. 1000, Glosas Emilianenses), adta (att. 945, in a Cardeña document). A(d)ta predominates in pre-literary (pre-13th century) texts, then in the 13th c. there is increasing vacillation between a predominant fata and the variant fasta until fasta becomes established in the 14th c. They propose st as dissimilation of the earlier dt in adta, attempting to render the Arabic geminate tt, and the initial f- (i.e. /ɸ ~ h/) found in various forms renders the initial Arabic /ħ/ of ḥattā. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese ata, ate (stressed as até?), atẽe, atẽes, atães; Portuguese até; Galician ata, até, atá, asta, astra; Mirandese ata; Asturian fasta, ata; Valencian dasta, hasda, handa.
Viaro (2013) proposes a derivation of fasta from Latin faciem + Latin intrā, after these reduced to faz + t(r)a, cf. Spanish hacia, pointing out Old Spanish adtor became azor instead of *astor. Meanwhile, the mostly pre-13th century a(d)ta would be from Latin ad + intrā, cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese atra and ata.

Sentences

Es conocido por el suspense hasta el final de la historia .

It is known for suspense until the end of the story.

Es un arbusto alto , a veces creciendo hasta el tamaño de un árbol .

It is a tall shrub, sometimes growing to the size of a tree.

Fue la princesa heredera de Grecia hasta el nacimiento de su hermano Pablo .

She was the crown princess of Greece until the birth of her brother Paul.

Hasta el día de hoy , los estudios clínicos se han detenido .

To this day, clinical studies have stopped.

Se encuentra desde la Península de Baja California hasta Panamá .

It is located from the Baja California Peninsula to Panama.

Los policías los acompañaron hasta el apartamento y creyeron su historia .

The policemen accompanied them to the apartment and believed their story.

Su objetivo era hasta marzo rodear a campo traviesa en California .

His goal until March was to surround cross-country in California.

La gente se conocía y se repartía todo , hasta la tierra .

People knew each other and shared everything, even the land.