bastar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
bastar — to be enough
The imperative of bastar is used to command sufficiency: basta, baste, bastemos, bastad, basten.
bastar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
The most common use is '¡Basta!' to mean 'Enough!' or 'Stop it!'. Use other forms to tell someone to be sufficient or to stop an action.
Notes on bastar in the Affirmative Imperative
Bastar is regular in the imperative. The tú form matches the present indicative third person.
Example Sentences
¡Basta ya de tanto ruido!
Enough with all this noise!
tú
Basten, por favor, con sus quejas.
Stop, please, with your complaints.
ustedes
¡Bastad de pelear, chicos!
Stop fighting, guys!
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'bastad' for a negative command.
Correct: no bastéis
Why: Affirmative and negative commands have different forms in the vosotros conjugation.
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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.
Future
yo: bastaré
The future of bastar is formed by adding endings to the infinitive: bastaré, bastarás, bastará, bastaremos, bastaréis, bastarán.
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.
Negative Imperative
yo: no bastes
The negative imperative of bastar uses present subjunctive forms: no bastes, no baste, no bastemos, no bastéis, no basten.