bastare

Meaning

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

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ba‧stà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/basˈta.re/
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)”). Compare Sicilian bastari, Spanish and Portuguese bastar, French baster.

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