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
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
se marchó hace bastante rato he left quite some time ago; la calidad deja bastante que desear the quality leaves much to be desired
adverb
1 (suficiente) enough
ya has comido bastante you've eaten enough
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
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
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
habla inglés bastante bien she speaks quite good English; her English is quite good; vivo bastante lejos I live quite a long way away