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basto

Spanish, noun

basto is spelled B-A-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,880th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “packsaddle, saddle pad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of bastar. With an accent, bastó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of bastar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cierto género de aparejo o albarda que llevan las caballerías de carga”.

What does basto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepacksaddle, saddle pad

  2. 2

    masculineclubs

adjective

  1. 1

    rough, coarse

  2. 2

    gross

  3. 3

    homespun

  4. 4

    uncouth

adjective

  1. 1

    obsoletehaving been supplied

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of bastar

  2. 2

    first-person singular present indicative of bastir

verb

as bastó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of bastar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cierto género de aparejo o albarda que llevan las caballerías de carga. 2. Cualquiera de las cartas del palo de bastos₁. 3. As en el palo de bastos₁. 4. Almohadas que forman el lomillo.

adjective: 1. Poco refinado, o falto del necesario pulimento. 2. Dicho de una persona: Rústico, tosco, grosero.

adjective: 1. Variante obsoleta de abastecido (suficientemente provisto o avituallado de lo necesario).

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of basto

  • bastos plural
  • basta feminine
  • bastas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to basto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is basto in Spanish?

basto appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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