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Hasta vs Basta - What's the difference?

hasta | basta |

As interjections the difference between hasta and basta

is that hasta is goodbye while basta is (that's) enough!; stop.

As a verb hasta

is third-person singular of hafta: has to; is required to.

As a noun hasta

is a hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song.

hasta

English

Etymology 1

Written form of a of "has to".

Verb

(head)
  • (colloquial) (hafta): has to; is required to.
    • He hasta visit the doctor.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Interjection

    (head)
  • (colloquial) goodbye

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 21, Joe Fiorito, Tamil dance fine gesture even for our crop of snow, Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=A prudent prayer, and a vigorous dance, with many interwoven leaps and twirls and pirouettes, and hastas all around. }}

    See also

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    Anagrams

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    basta

    English

    Interjection

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