bastante

∗ ≈

enough

∗ adverb
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bastante
adjective
1 enough (suficiente)
  • no tengo dinero bastante -> I haven't got enough money
2 (mucho)
  • tengo bastante frío -> I'm quite o pretty cold
  • bastantes libros -> quite a lot of books, a fair number of books
adverb
3 (suficientemente)
  • es lo bastante lista para… -> she's smart enough to…
4(+adjetivo, adverbio) quite, pretty (considerablemente) ; (+verbo) quite a lot
  • es bastante fácil -> it's pretty o quite easy
  • bastante mejor -> quite a lot better
  • me gustó bastante -> I enjoyed it quite a lot
pronoun
also:
  • éramos bastantes -> there were quite a few o a lot of us

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bastante [bas-tahn’-tay]
adverb
1 Sufficient, enough, competent.
2 Not a little.
3 Too much, more than enough. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
  • Estoy bastante cansado -> I’m really tired
  • Bastante bueno -> fairly good

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bastante
adjetivo
1 (suficiente) enough;para for
hay bastante sitio para todos there is enough room for everyone; ¿no tienes ya bastantes? haven't you got enough?; no había bastante público there wasn't a big enough audience
—dame dos flores más —¿no tienes ya bastantes?
2 (mucho) quite a lot of; a fair amount of
han dejado bastante comida they've left quite a lot of a fair amount of food;o hace bastante frío it's quite cold
hace bastante rato
se marchó hace bastante rato he left quite some time ago; la calidad deja bastante que desear the quality leaves much to be desired
nuestra interpretación bachiana deja bastante que desear como estrategia politica dejaria bastante que desear en la lucha contra el terrorismo Visto el ejercito desde dentro,deja bastante que desear
3 (muchos) quite a lot of; quite a few
vinieron bastantes personas a la fiesta hay bastante gente
había bastantes invitados en la recepción there were quite a lot of quite a few guests at the reception;o —¿tienes muchos cuadros? —bastantes "do you have many paintings?" — "quite a few"
[hacer bastante frío]
4 (México) (demasiado) too much
está gordo porque come bastante
adverbio
1 (suficiente) enough
no ha llovido bastante para que se llenen los embalses
ya has comido bastante you've eaten enough
tener bastante [(como) para que...]
no tenemos bastante para ir de vacaciones we haven't enough to go on holiday; ya tienen bastante como para que vayamos también nosotros con nuestros problemas they've got enough on their plate already without us taking our problems along
la casa es bastante grande [ser lo bastante alto (como) para alcanzarlo]
es lo bastante alto como para alcanzarlo he's tall enough to reach it
2 (de forma considerable) (con verbos) quite a lot; (con adjetivos, adverbios) quite
los niños han cambiado bastante the children have changed a fair amount quite a lot;o lo he visto bastante últimamente I've seen a fair amount of him quite a lot of him recently;o me gusta bastante I quite like it; I like it quite a lot
es bastante bueno
el libro está bastante bien it's a fairly good book; it's quite a good book; estoy bastante cansado I'm rather quite tired;o
está bastante cerca es un hombre bastante rico
habla inglés bastante bien she speaks quite good English; her English is quite good; vivo bastante lejos I live quite a long way away

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