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baste

Spanish, verb

baste is a Spanish verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, basté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of bastar”.

What does baste mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

  3. 3

    third-person singular present indicative

  4. 4

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as basté
  1. 1

    first-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. Especie de almohadilla que lleva la silla de montar o la albarda en su parte inferior para evitar roces con la caballería. 2. Hilván (costura de puntada larga).

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 baste

  • bastes plural

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

How common is baste in Spanish?

baste appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

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