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Basta vs Wasta - What's the difference?

basta | wasta |

As an interjection basta

is (that's) enough!; stop.

As a noun wasta is

intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood.

basta

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (label) (that's) enough!; stop!
  • * "Basta, content thee, for I have it full." -[ Lucentio, Taming of the Shrew ]

    • wasta

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Arab society, often, italicized) Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood
  • * {{quote-news, 2003, 15 June, Syed Rashid Husain, 'Wasta' at US Embassy, Arab News citation
    • , passage=The number of those traveling to the US during summer may definitely have gone down, but if one can hook onto a wasta , one could get into the queue of applicants without having to get up early in the morning.}}

    Synonyms

    * connections, nepotism

    See also

    * (wikipedia "wasta")