bastar Future Conjugation
bastar — to be enough
The future of bastar is formed by adding endings to the infinitive: bastaré, bastarás, bastará, bastaremos, bastaréis, bastarán.
bastar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to predict that something will be sufficient in the future, or to express probability about whether something is enough right now.
Notes on bastar in the Future
Bastar is regular in the future. The stem is the full infinitive 'bastar'.
Example Sentences
Una simple firma bastará para el contrato.
A simple signature will be enough for the contract.
él/ella/usted
Dos maletas no bastarán para todo el viaje.
Two suitcases won't be enough for the whole trip.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Con tu ayuda, bastaremos para ganar.
With your help, we will be enough to win.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'va a bastar' exclusively.
Correct: bastará
Why: While 'va a bastar' is common in speech, the synthetic future 'bastará' is more formal and decisive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: basto
Bastar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense: basto, bastas, basta, bastamos, bastáis, bastan.
Preterite
yo: basté
The preterite of bastar is regular: basté, bastaste, bastó, bastamos, bastasteis, bastaron.
Imperfect
yo: bastaba
The imperfect of bastar follows the regular -aba pattern: bastaba, bastabas, bastaba, bastábamos, bastabais, bastaban.
Conditional
yo: bastaría
The conditional of bastar is regular: bastaría, bastarías, bastaría, bastaríamos, bastaríais, bastarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: baste
The present subjunctive of bastar changes the 'a' to 'e': baste, bastes, baste, bastemos, bastéis, basten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: bastara
The imperfect subjunctive of bastar is regular: bastara, bastaras, bastara, bastáramos, bastarais, bastaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: basta
The imperative of bastar is used to command sufficiency: basta, baste, bastemos, bastad, basten.
Negative Imperative
yo: no bastes
The negative imperative of bastar uses present subjunctive forms: no bastes, no baste, no bastemos, no bastéis, no basten.