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bastar

to be enough

verb Word 703 of the core 1,000 · Stage 4, Expressive

With one thing or several

With bastar, the thing is the subject and the person comes first, so the verb changes with the number of things.

Present

WhoOne thingSeveral
a mí me bastait is enough for me me bastanthey are enough for me
a ti te bastait is enough for you te bastanthey are enough for you
a él le bastait is enough for him / it is enough for you (formal) le bastanthey are enough for him / they are enough for you (formal)
a ella le bastait is enough for her / it is enough for you (formal) le bastanthey are enough for her / they are enough for you (formal)
a nosotros nos bastait is enough for us nos bastanthey are enough for us
a ellos les bastait is enough for them / it is enough for you all les bastanthey are enough for them / they are enough for you all

Preterite

WhoOne thingSeveral
a mí me bastóit was enough for me me bastaronthey were enough for me
a ti te bastóit was enough for you te bastaronthey were enough for you
a él le bastóit was enough for him / it was enough for you (formal) le bastaronthey were enough for him / they were enough for you (formal)
a ella le bastóit was enough for her / it was enough for you (formal) le bastaronthey were enough for her / they were enough for you (formal)
a nosotros nos bastóit was enough for us nos bastaronthey were enough for us
a ellos les bastóit was enough for them / it was enough for you all les bastaronthey were enough for them / they were enough for you all

Imperfect

WhoOne thingSeveral
a mí me bastabait was enough for me / it used to be enough for me me bastabanthey were enough for me / they used to be enough for me
a ti te bastabait was enough for you / it used to be enough for you te bastabanthey were enough for you / they used to be enough for you
a él le bastabait was enough for him / it used to be enough for him / it was enough for you (formal) / it used to be enough for you (formal) le bastabanthey were enough for him / they used to be enough for him / they were enough for you (formal) / they used to be enough for you (formal)
a ella le bastabait was enough for her / it used to be enough for her / it was enough for you (formal) / it used to be enough for you (formal) le bastabanthey were enough for her / they used to be enough for her / they were enough for you (formal) / they used to be enough for you (formal)
a nosotros nos bastabait was enough for us / it used to be enough for us nos bastabanthey were enough for us / they used to be enough for us
a ellos les bastabait was enough for them / it used to be enough for them / it was enough for you all / it used to be enough for you all les bastabanthey were enough for them / they used to be enough for them / they were enough for you all / they used to be enough for you all

Future

WhoOne thingSeveral
a mí me bastaráit will be enough for me me bastaránthey will be enough for me
a ti te bastaráit will be enough for you te bastaránthey will be enough for you
a él le bastaráit will be enough for him / it will be enough for you (formal) le bastaránthey will be enough for him / they will be enough for you (formal)
a ella le bastaráit will be enough for her / it will be enough for you (formal) le bastaránthey will be enough for her / they will be enough for you (formal)
a nosotros nos bastaráit will be enough for us nos bastaránthey will be enough for us
a ellos les bastaráit will be enough for them / it will be enough for you all les bastaránthey will be enough for them / they will be enough for you all

In a sentence

Con un poco de agua me basta.

A little water is enough for me.

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