# bastante
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* abastante

### Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From the archaic present participle of bastar: bastar +‎ -ante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /basˈtante/ [bas̺ˈt̪an̪.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: bas‧tan‧te

### Adjective

bastante m or f (plural bastantes)
* enough
    Synonym: suficiente
    Durou a festiña do dito castelo anque foi de présa mui bastante tempo.The party at the said castle lasted for quite enough time.

#### Related terms

* bastar

### Adverb

bastante
* enough
    Synonym: abondo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “abastante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bastante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* 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: /baˈstan.te/
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: ba‧stàn‧te

### Adjective

bastante (plural bastanti)
* sufficient

#### Derived terms

* bastantemente

### Participle

bastante (plural bastanti)
* present participle of bastare

### Further reading

* bastante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Ladino
### Adverb

bastante (Latin spelling)
* enough, quite, rather

## Norman
### Adjective

bastante
* feminine singular of bastant

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From bastar (“to be enough”) +‎ -ante.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /basˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /basˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /baʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /basˈtɐ̃.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
* 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
    Leio bastantes livros.I read a lot of books.

#### Usage notes

Some always use singular.

### Noun

bastante m (uncountable)
* (with definite article o) enough things; a sufficient amount
    Synonym: suficiente
    Já comi o bastante.I have already eaten enough.

### Adjective

bastante m or f (plural bastantes)
* (Brazil, chiefly law) meeting requirements

## Spanish
### Etymology

From bastar (“to suffice, be enough”) +‎ -ante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /basˈtante/ [basˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: bas‧tan‧te

### Adjective

bastante m or f (masculine and feminine plural bastantes)
* enough; sufficient
    Synonym: suficiente
    Necesitas beber bastante agua.You need to drink enough water.
* quite some; quite a bit (of)
    Toma bastante tiempo.It takes quite some time.
* abundant
    Synonym: abundante

#### Derived terms

* bastantemente

### Adverb

bastante
* quite, rather, pretty, fairly
    Es bastante claro.It is quite clear.
* enough; sufficiently
    He trabajado bastante.I have worked enough.
* quite a bit; to a considerable degree
    Lo conozco bastante.I know him quite well.
    Ha llovido bastante la última semana.It has rained quite a lot in the last week.

#### Related terms

* bastar

### Further reading

* “bastante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10