abastar

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Etymology

From bastar.

Pronunciation

Verb

abastar (first-person singular present abasto, first-person singular preterite abastí, past participle abastat)

  1. to reach (to obtain by stretching the hand)
  2. to manage
  3. to supply; provide

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abastar, from a- +‎ bastar.

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Verb

abastar (first-person singular present abasto, first-person singular preterite abastei, past participle abastado)

  1. to suffice
    • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 100:
      Casandra era de tal feytura nẽ era moy grãde nẽ moy pequena, mays en tal grado que moy bẽ lle abastaua
      Cassandra's build was such that he was not very big nor very small, but in such a way that it really fits her
    Synonyms: abondar, chegar
  2. to reach
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 57:
      ẽna çidade façamos hũa torre tam alta que abaste et atãga ata o çeo
      Let's build in this city a tower so high that it reaches and attains the sky
    Synonyms: abranguer, atanguer
  3. to furnish
    Synonym: fornecer

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Ladino

Verb

abastar (Latin spelling)

  1. to suffice, be enough

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abastar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ basto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧bas‧tar

Verb

abastar (first-person singular present abasto, first-person singular preterite abastei, past participle abastado)

  1. to supply
  2. to suffice, be enough

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Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ bastar, from Vulgar Latin *bastō, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō). Compare Italian bastare, Portuguese bastar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abasˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧bas‧tar

Verb

abastar (first-person singular present abasto, first-person singular preterite abasté, past participle abastado)

  1. (transitive) to supply
    Synonym: abastecer

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