basta
Americaninterjection
Usage
What does basta mean? Basta is an Italian and Spanish word meaning "Stop!" or "That's enough!"
Example Sentences
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Nonnakase varies in the number of courses; eight to 10 is the average, but the meal goes on until the guests say basta.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023
On Twitter, he rips both Cohen and Schwartz, Cohen's lawyer, punctuating tweets with his customary basta, Italian for enough.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2018
“What’s changed here is that people said basta, enough. Paradigms are falling. And these interior changes are propelling new practices in civic society.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2014
“I had made all this fuss and now I didn’t want it. Then I said to myself: Oh basta — I’ll go try to make it nicer.”
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2014
It was my habit to keep working past everyone else, but someone would say to me, "Jorge, basta alto!"
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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