bastar
Portuguese, verb/basˈta(ʁ)/
bastar is spelled B-A-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bastar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to suffice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “acabar”.
What does bastar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suffice
- 2
to satisfy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. acabar 2. satisfazer
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bastar
- basto first-person present singular
- bastei first-person preterite singular
- bastado participle past
- bastares infinitive second-person singular
- bastarmos first-person infinitive plural
- bastardes infinitive plural second-person
- bastarem infinitive plural third-person
- bastando gerund
- bastados masculine participle past
- bastada feminine participle past
- bastadas feminine participle past
- bastas indicative present second-person
- basta indicative present singular
- bastamos first-person indicative plural
- bastais indicative plural present
- bastam indicative plural present
- bastava first-person imperfect indicative
- bastavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bastar?
- Brazil /basˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [basˈta(h)]
- /basˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bastar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bastar in Portuguese?
bastar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).