abastar

Catalan

Etymology

From bastar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.βəsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.basˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.βasˈta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

abastar (first-person singular present abasto, first-person singular preterite abastí, past participle abastat)

1. to reach (to obtain by stretching the hand)
2. to manage
3. to supply; provide

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of abastar (first conjugation)

infinitive			abastar
gerund			abastant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abastat		abastada
		plural		abastats		abastades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	abasto	abastes	abasta	abastem	abasteu	abasten
	imperfect	abastava	abastaves	abastava	abastàvem	abastàveu	abastaven
	future	abastaré	abastaràs	abastarà	abastarem	abastareu	abastaran
	preterite	abastí	abastares	abastà	abastàrem	abastàreu	abastaren
	conditional	abastaria	abastaries	abastaria	abastaríem	abastaríeu	abastarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	abasti	abastis	abasti	abastem	abasteu	abastin
	imperfect	abastés	abastessis	abastés	abastéssim	abastéssiu	abastessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	abasta	abasti	abastem	abasteu	abastin
	negative (no)	—	no abastis	no abasti	no abastem	no abasteu	no abastin

Derived terms

• abast
• abastable
• abastament

Further reading

• “abastar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “abastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “abastar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “abastar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abastar, from a- +‎ bastar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aβasˈtaɾ]

Verb

abastar (first-person singular present abasto, first-person singular preterite abastei, past participle abastado)

1. to suffice
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 100:

     Casandra era de tal feytura nẽ era moy grãde nẽ moy pequena, mays en tal grado que moy bẽ lle abastaua

     Cassandra's build was such that he was not very big nor very small, but in such a way that it really fits her

   Synonyms: abondar, chegar

2. to reach
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 57:

     ẽna çidade façamos hũa torre tam alta que abaste et atãga ata o çeo

     Let's build in this city a tower so high that it reaches and attains the sky

   Synonyms: abranguer, atanguer

3. to furnish

   Synonym: fornecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abastar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abastar
Personal	abastar	abastares	abastar	abastarmos	abastardes	abastaren
Gerund
	abastando
Past participle
Masculine	abastado			abastados
Feminine	abastada			abastadas
Indicative
Present	abasto	abastas	abasta	abastamos	abastades	abastan
Imperfect	abastaba	abastabas	abastaba	abastabamos	abastabades	abastaban
Preterite	abastei	abastaches	abastou	abastamos	abastastes	abastaron
Pluperfect	abastara	abastaras	abastara	abastaramos	abastarades	abastaran
Future	abastarei	abastarás	abastará	abastaremos	abastaredes	abastarán
Conditional	abastaría	abastarías	abastaría	abastariamos	abastariades	abastarían
Subjunctive
Present	abaste	abastes	abaste	abastemos	abastedes	abasten
Imperfect	abastase	abastases	abastase	abastásemos	abastásedes	abastasen
Future	abastar	abastares	abastar	abastarmos	abastardes	abastaren
Imperative
Affirmative		abasta	abaste	abastemos	abastade	abasten
Negative (non)		non abastes	non abaste	non abastemos	non abastedes	non abasten

    Reintegrated conjugation of abastar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abastar
Personal	abastar	abastares	abastar	abastarmos	abastardes	abastarem
Gerund
	abastando
Past participle
Masculine	abastado			abastados
Feminine	abastada			abastadas
Indicative
Present	abasto	abastas	abasta	abastamos	abastades, abastais	abastam
Imperfect	abastava	abastavas	abastava	abastávamos	abastávades, abastáveis, abastávais1	abastavam
Preterite	abastei	abastaste, abastache1	abastou	abastamos	abastastes	abastárom, abastaram
Pluperfect	abastara	abastaras	abastara	abastáramos	abastárades, abastáreis, abastárais1	abastaram
Future	abastarei	abastarás	abastará	abastaremos	abastaredes, abastareis	abastarám, abastarão
Conditional	abastaria	abastarias	abastaria	abastaríamos	abastaríades, abastaríeis, abastaríais1	abastariam
Subjunctive
Present	abaste	abastes	abaste	abastemos	abastedes, abasteis	abastem
Imperfect	abastasse	abastasses	abastasse	abastássemos	abastássedes, abastásseis	abastassem
Future	abastar	abastares	abastar	abastarmos	abastardes	abastarem
Imperative
Affirmative		abasta	abaste	abastemos	abastade, abastai	abastem
Negative (nom)		nom abastes	nom abaste	nom abastemos	nom abastedes, nom abasteis	nom abastem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• abastado
• abastamento
• abastante
• abastanza
• abasto

Related terms

• abastar
• abastecer
• bastar
• bastida

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “abastar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “abastar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abastar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abastar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abastar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Verb

abastar

1. to suffice, be enough

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abastar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ basto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.basˈta(ʁ)/ [a.basˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.basˈta(ʁ)/ [a.basˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.basˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.baʃˈta(ʁ)/ [a.baʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.basˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐʃˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.βɐʃˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐʃˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.βɐʃˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧bas‧tar

Verb

abastar (first-person singular present abasto, first-person singular preterite abastei, past participle abastado)

1. to supply
2. to suffice, be enough

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abastar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abastar
Personal	abastar	abastares	abastar	abastarmos	abastardes	abastarem
Gerund
	abastando
Past participle
Masculine	abastado			abastados
Feminine	abastada			abastadas
Indicative
Present	abasto	abastas	abasta	abastamos	abastais	abastam
Imperfect	abastava	abastavas	abastava	abastávamos	abastáveis	abastavam
Preterite	abastei	abastaste	abastou	abastamos1, abastámos2	abastastes	abastaram
Pluperfect	abastara	abastaras	abastara	abastáramos	abastáreis	abastaram
Future	abastarei	abastarás	abastará	abastaremos	abastareis	abastarão
Conditional	abastaria	abastarias	abastaria	abastaríamos	abastaríeis	abastariam
Subjunctive
Present	abaste	abastes	abaste	abastemos	abasteis	abastem
Imperfect	abastasse	abastasses	abastasse	abastássemos	abastásseis	abastassem
Future	abastar	abastares	abastar	abastarmos	abastardes	abastarem
Imperative
Affirmative		abasta	abaste	abastemos	abastai	abastem
Negative (não)		não abastes	não abaste	não abastemos	não abasteis	não abastem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• abastança

Further reading

• “abastar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abastar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ bastar, from Vulgar Latin *bastō, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō). Compare Italian bastare, Portuguese bastar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abasˈtaɾ/ [a.β̞asˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bas‧tar

Verb

abastar (first-person singular present abasto, first-person singular preterite abasté, past participle abastado)

1. (transitive) to supply

   Synonym: abastecer

2. (intransitive) archaic or dialectal form of bastar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abastar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abastar
gerund			abastando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abastado		abastada
		plural		abastados		abastadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abasto	abastastú abastásvos	abasta	abastamos	abastáis	abastan
	imperfect	abastaba	abastabas	abastaba	abastábamos	abastabais	abastaban
	preterite	abasté	abastaste	abastó	abastamos	abastasteis	abastaron
	future	abastaré	abastarás	abastará	abastaremos	abastaréis	abastarán
	conditional	abastaría	abastarías	abastaría	abastaríamos	abastaríais	abastarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abaste	abastestú abastésvos2	abaste	abastemos	abastéis	abasten
	imperfect (ra)	abastara	abastaras	abastara	abastáramos	abastarais	abastaran
	imperfect (se)	abastase	abastases	abastase	abastásemos	abastaseis	abastasen
	future1	abastare	abastares	abastare	abastáremos	abastareis	abastaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abastatú abastávos	abaste	abastemos	abastad	abasten
	negative		no abastes	no abaste	no abastemos	no abastéis	no abasten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• abastamiento
• dar a basto

Further reading

• “abastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025