bastar
intransitive verb
1 (ser suficiente) to be enough
eso me basta that's enough for me; esta información debería bastar al juez this information should be enough for the judge
baste decir que ... suffice it to say that ...
como ejemplo, baste decir que los beneficios han aumentado en un 20% by way of example, suffice it to say that profits have risen by 20%
bastar para hacer algo to be enough to do sth
suele bastar una esponja para absorber el agua a sponge is usually enough o all it takes to soak up the water; me bastó una foto para reconocerlo one look at a photo was enough to recognize him; one look at a photo was all it took for me to recognize him
una mirada bastó para hacerme callar one look was enough to make me shut up; one look was all it took to make me shut up
me bastó leer el primer párrafo para saber que era un genio I only had to read the first paragraph to know that he was a genius
basta que ... para que ...
basta que queramos llegar pronto a casa, para que haya un atasco just when we want to get home quickly, there's a traffic jam
basta saber que ... it is enough to know that ...
2 (terciopersonal)
con eso basta that's enough
me basta con tu palabra your word's good enough for me; con la intención basta it's the thought that counts
basta con dar una vuelta por la ciudad para ... you only need to take a walk round the city to ...
no basta con ... it's not enough to ...
no basta con decir que uno no es culpable, hay que demostrarlo it's not enough to say you're not guilty, you have to prove it
3 (exclamación)
¡basta! ¡basta ya! that will do!; that's enough!
¡basta de charla! that's enough chatter!
¡basta de tonterías! that's enough nonsense!
¡basta ya de llorar! that's enough crying!
4
hasta decir basta
nevó hasta decir basta it snowed like there was no tomorrow; bailamos hasta decir basta we danced till we dropped; es honrado hasta decir basta he's as honest as the day is long
bastar y sobrar to be more than enough
con esa comida basta y sobra para un mes that food is more than enough for a month
no hablamos alemán, nos basta y sobra con el inglés we don't speak German, English is all we need
