bastant
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bastant m or f (masculine and feminine plural bastants)
Adverb[edit]
bastant
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
bastant
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective[edit]
bastant m
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Romance language.
Adjective[edit]
bastant (comparative bastantare, superlative bastantast)
- big and sturdy
- (by extension) burly, stocky
- en bastant skogshuggare
- a burly lumberjack
- (by extension, of for example a meal) big, hearty
Usage notes[edit]
Similar varying sense extensions as could be expected from sturdy in English.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of bastant | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | bastant | bastantare | bastantast |
Neuter singular | bastant | bastantare | bastantast |
Plural | bastanta | bastantare | bastantast |
Masculine plural3 | bastante | bastantare | bastantast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | bastante | bastantare | bastantaste |
All | bastanta | bastantare | bastantaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |