hasta

/[ˈast̪a]/ prep

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#62

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hasta is aSpanishprep. It means: Preposición que indica el fin o término de una actividad, sea en sentido locativo, cronológico o cuantitativo. Pronounced [ˈast̪a]. It ranks #62 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with hat and Haya.

Key facts for hasta
PropertyValue
Headwordhasta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ˈast̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#62
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hasta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hasta is 5 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈast̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #62 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for hasta, with forms such as "ahsta", "hasat", and "hassta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hat", "Haya", "hate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is hasta, spelled H-A-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Preposición que indica el fin o término de una actividad, sea en sentido locativo, cronológico o cuantitativo.
  2. 2
    Seguida de cuando o de un gerundio, preposición que indica valor inclusivo.
  3. 3
    Seguida de que, preposición que indica valor exclusivo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahsta,hasat,hassta,hastta,hatsa,hhasta,hsata

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hasta

Misspelling Variants of "hasta"

ahsta5hasat5hassta6hastta6hatsa5hhasta6hsata5
Misspelling Variants of "hasta"

Frequency rank: #62 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hasta"?
"hasta" is spelled H-A-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈast̪a].
What does "hasta" mean?
As a prep, "hasta" means: Preposición que indica el fin o término de una actividad, sea en sentido locativo, cronológico o cuantitativo.
What words are commonly confused with "hasta"?
"hasta" is commonly confused with "hat", "Haya", "hate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hasta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hasta" is [ˈast̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hasta" come from?
"hasta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.