bastante

== Galician == === Alternative forms === abastante === Etymology === Attested since the 14th century. From the archaic present participle of bastar: bastar +‎ -ante. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /basˈtante/ [bas̺ˈt̪an̪.t̪ɪ] Rhymes: -ante Hyphenation: bas‧tan‧te === Adjective === bastante m or f (plural bastantes) enough Synonym: suficiente ==== Related terms ==== bastar === Adverb === bastante enough Synonym: abondo === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “abastante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “bastante”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bastante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bastante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bastante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /basˈtan.te/ Rhymes: -ante Hyphenation: ba‧stàn‧te === Adjective === bastante m or f by sense (plural bastanti) sufficient ==== Derived terms ==== bastantemente === Participle === bastante m or f by sense (plural bastanti) present participle of bastare === Further reading === bastante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Ladino == === Adverb === bastante enough, quite, rather == Norman == === Adjective === bastante feminine singular of bastant == Portuguese == === Etymology === From bastar (“to be enough”) +‎ -ante. === Pronunciation === 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 Synonym: muito Antonym: pouco ==== Usage notes ==== Some always use singular. === Noun === bastante m (uncountable) (with definite article o) enough things; a sufficient amount Synonym: suficiente === Adjective === bastante m or f (plural bastantes) (Brazil, chiefly law) meeting requirements === Further reading === “bastante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bastante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From bastar (“to suffice, be enough”) +‎ -ante. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /basˈtante/ [basˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e] Rhymes: -ante Syllabification: bas‧tan‧te === Adjective === bastante m or f (masculine and feminine plural bastantes) enough; sufficient Synonym: suficiente quite some; quite a bit (of) abundant Synonym: abundante ==== Derived terms ==== === Adverb === bastante quite, rather, pretty, fairly enough; sufficiently quite a bit; to a considerable degree ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “bastante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025