is it in french or italian?
2007-09-22 18:36:15 · 13 answers · asked by ALESANA 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's not french, it can be italian or spanish.
Italian :
basta (basta + verb) you just need to + verb
basta : enough, stop it
basta guardare : just see
fallo e basta : just do
fermo basta : hold it
punto e basta : that's that
As a verb : 'basta': 2nd Person singular present imperative of the verb 'bastare'
Spanish
basta : to be enough, suffice
verb "bastar"
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2007-09-22 22:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by Angie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What Does Basta Mean
2016-10-01 09:29:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dejate Tecando!- Quit touching Basta Ya- Enough already Oye chica!- Hey Girl La llorona- The Cry Baby
2016-03-18 23:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Tagalog, the language of the Philippines, it means "Just because!"
Ex.
Son: Mom, why is the moon round?
Mom: Basta!
2007-09-23 02:21:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As many people have said already, it's a word used by several languages (namely Italian and Spanish) to mean "stop". I just want to add that it's also used in Portuguese with two meanings:
- as an interjection: "Basta!" - "Stop!"
- as a form of the verb "bastar" - "to be enough" or "to satisfy one's needs".
Plus, the origin of the word is not Italian, as someone said. The verb "bastar" comes from the Latin "bastu"; that's where Portuguese, Spanish and Italian got it from.
2007-09-23 02:44:57 · answer #5 · answered by C M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a Filipino word basta which means a lot like, just because or it just is.
2007-09-22 18:46:29 · answer #6 · answered by jeny g 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's Italian it's in the third person sing. of the present of the verb bastare
it means:
-it's enough------->in this case also when you are not pissed off
e.g.
like when you are at the store and say
basta con la pasta prendiamo qualcos'altro
this means
I think we have enough pasta for now let's buy something else
-that's it----->like when you are pissed off
-stop that----->like when you are pissed off
-quit it------>like when you are pissed off
the word is not Spanish
It's been implemented in various languages (including Spanish) but it originally comes for Italian
2007-09-22 20:59:57 · answer #7 · answered by Alessandro 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about Dutch or Filipino, but basta means the same thing in Italian as in Spanish; it means enough/sufficient quantity. If said emphatically, e.g. "Basta!" It means "Enough!" (as in "stop it").
2007-09-22 19:19:40 · answer #8 · answered by Sabrina(Susananita) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I think the first one misspelled. - should be "tocando" ¡Déjate tocando! = "Quit touching" ¡Basta ya! = That's enough! ¡Oye, chica! = Hey, girl! La llorona = Weeping woman
2016-03-27 02:11:25 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is also aTagalog word used by Filipinos.
its like saying as it is, or that's it!
Basta! 'yun na 'yun =p
2007-09-22 21:01:48 · answer #10 · answered by Celine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋