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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
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| 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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