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How to Say "that's enough!" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “that's enough!” is “basta” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

English → SpanishA1
InterjectionA1informal
Signaling a limit has been reached.
A large adult hand gently but firmly stopping a small child's hand from adding a final item to an already overflowing jar of cookies.

Examples

¡Basta! No me grites más.

Enough! Don't shout at me anymore.

Mamá, ¿quieres más sopa? —No, gracias, basta.

Mom, do you want more soup? —No, thanks, that's enough.

¡Basta ya de quejas! Vamos a buscar una solución.

Enough with the complaints already! Let's find a solution.

Using it for 'quite' or 'rather'

Mistake: “Sometimes learners confuse 'basta' with 'bastante'. You can't say 'La película fue basta buena'.”

Correction: Use 'bastante' for 'quite' or 'rather': 'La película fue bastante buena' (The movie was quite good). Use 'basta' to mean 'stop' or 'is enough'.

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