bastante

enough

quite a lot of

bastante(bahs-tahn-teh)

adjective

1. (a sufficient amount of)

a. enough

Hay bastante espacio para una fiesta.

There is enough room for a party.

2. (a considerable amount of)

a. quite a lot of

Nos deben bastante dinero y se niegan a pagarnos.

They owe us quite a lot of money and they refuse to pay.

b. quite

Durante el invierno hace bastante frío en esta oficina.

In the winter, it is quite cold in this office.

c. a fair amount of

La dirección de la empresa está sometida a bastante presión por parte de los sindicatos.

The company management is under a fair amount of pressure from the unions.

d. plenty of

Trae bastantes sillas porque somos muchos.

Bring plenty of chairs because there are quite a lot of us.

pronoun

3. (a sufficient amount)

a. enough

¿No quieres ver la segunda parte del programa? - No, gracias. Ya he visto bastante. Es aburridísimo.

Don't you want to see the second part of the program? - No, thank you. I've seen enough. It's really boring.

4. (a considerable amount)

a. quite a lot

¿Hay pan? - Sí, bastante. Creo que compré demasiado.

Is there any bread? - Yes, quite a lot. I think I bought too much.

adverb

5. (sufficiently)

a. enough

Esta ciudad no es lo bastante grande para los dos.

This town isn't big enough for the two of us.

6. (considerably)

a. quite a lot

¿Qué te parece la novela? - Me gusta bastante.

What do you think of the novel? - I like it quite a lot.

b. quite

Mi hermana es bastante delgada, pero no tanto como mi madre.

My sister is quite thin, but not as thin as my mother.

c. fairly

La hermana de mi novia puede tocar el piano bastante bien.

My girlfriend's sister can play the piano fairly well.

bastante

adjective

1. (suficiente)

a. enough

no tengo dinero bastanteI haven't got enough money

2. (mucho)

a.

tengo bastante fríoI'm quite o pretty cold

bastantes librosquite a lot of books, a fair number of books

adverb

3. (suficientemente)

a.

es lo bastante lista para…she's smart enough to…

4. (considerablemente)

a. quite, pretty

b. quite a lot

es bastante fácilit's pretty o quite easy

bastante mejorquite a lot better

me gustó bastanteI enjoyed it quite a lot

pronoun

5. (general)

a.

éramos bastantesthere were quite a few o a lot of us

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bastante

adjective

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 o a fair amount of food; 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 o quite a few guests at the reception; —¿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

adverb

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 o quite a lot; lo he visto bastante últimamente I've seen a fair amount of him o quite a lot of him recently; 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 o quite tired

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