hasta

English

Etymology 1

Written form of a reduction of "has to".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhæstə/

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Verb

hasta

1. (colloquial) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hafta: has to; is required to.

   He hasta visit the doctor.

Etymology 2

From Spanish hasta, "until," especially hasta luego, "until later."

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɑːstə/

Interjection

hasta

1. (colloquial) goodbye

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit

Noun

hasta (plural hastas)

1. (Indian classical dance) A hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song
   • 2009 January 21, Joe Fiorito, “Tamil dance fine gesture even for our crop of snow”:

     A prudent prayer, and a vigorous dance, with many interwoven leaps and twirls and pirouettes, and hastas all around.

See also

• Hasta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tasha

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Asturian

Preposition

hasta

1. until

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Breton

Verb

hasta

1. to hurry

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• hapsea

Noun

hasta

1. Partitive singular form of hapsi.

Anagrams

• sahat

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Latin

hasta (spear)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰast- (“branch”). A relationship with Sanskrit hastā (“hand”) is uncertain. Cognates include Irish gas (“stem (of a plant)”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌶𐌳𐍃 (gazds, “spine, aculeus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈhas.ta/

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Noun

hasta (genitive hastae); f, first declension

1. a spear, lance, pike, carried by soldiers and used for thrusting
2. vocative singular of hasta

hastā

1. ablative singular of hasta

   Petere aliquem hastā.

   To attack any one with a spear.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	hasta	hastae
genitive	hastae	hastārum
dative	hastae	hastīs
accusative	hastam	hastās
ablative	hastā	hastīs
vocative	hasta	hastae

Related terms

• hastārius
• hastātus
• hastīle

Descendants

• Italian: asta
• Old French: haste
• Portuguese: hasta
• Spanish: asta

See also

• pīlum

References

• Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary
• “asta” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰast- (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Carioca) IPA: /ˈaʃ.tɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈas.ta/

Noun

hasta f. (plural hastas)

1. spear
2. auction

Synonyms

• (spear) lança, pique
• (auction) leilão

Related terms

• haste, hastear
• (spear) chuço, pilo, javalina, dardo

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Spanish

Etymology

Arabic حتّى (hatta). Influences from Latin ad ista (“to this”). Compare Portuguese até

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈas.ta/
• Homophone: asta

Preposition

hasta

1. until
2. up to, to the point of, as much as
3. even

Related terms

• hast a la vista, hasta luego, hasta después

See also

• aun
• incluso

References

• Arabic Influences in Various Languages

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Swedish

Verb

hasta (present hastar, preterite hastade, supine hastat, imperative hasta)

1. hurry, rush; to move (or act) quickly, and possibly cutting corners to finish quickly

Conjugation

Conjugation of hasta

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	hasta	—
Present tense	hastar	—
Past tense	hastade	—
Supine	hastat	—
Imperative	hasta	—
Present participle	hastande
Past participle	—

Synonyms

• jäkta

Related terms

• hast
• förhastad
• framhasta

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Turkish

Etymology

From Persian خسته (xaste).

Adjective

hasta

1. ill, sick