basto

See also: Basto, bastó, and bastò

English

Etymology

From Spanish basto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæstəʊ/

  • Audio (RP):

    (file)

Noun

basto

1. The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.
   • 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto:

     Spadillio first, unconquerable Lord ! / Let off two captive trumps, and swept the board. / As many more Manillio forc'd to yield, / And march'd a victor from the verdant field. / Him Basto follow'd, but his fate more hard / Gain'd but one trump and one Plebeian card […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “basto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• boast, boats, sabot

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Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish basto.

Noun

basto m (plural bastos)

1. (playing cards) Alternative form of bastó

Further reading

• “bastos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbasto]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asto
• Hyphenation: bas‧to

Noun

basto (accusative singular baston, plural bastoj, accusative plural bastojn)

1. bast

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin bastum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.sto/
• Rhymes: -asto
• Hyphenation: bà‧sto

Noun

basto m (plural basti)

1. load
2. burden
3. packsaddle (A saddle designed to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal)

Verb

basto

1. first-person singular present indicative of bastare

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Portuguese

Verb

basto

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasto/ [ˈbas.t̪o]
• Homophone: vasto
• Hyphenation: bas‧to

Etymology 1

Noun

basto m (plural bastos)

1. packsaddle, saddle pad
   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:

     Los últimos que llegaban del rodeo desensillaban y largaban sus pinos sudorosos, dándoles un golpecito con las riendas en los cuartos, después de acariciarles con dos o tres palmadas el cuello, y de pasarles de la cruz a la cola el lomo del cuchillo para refrescar la traspiración espumosa bien señalada por los bastos, las bajeras y la carona.

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2. (card games) clubs

Etymology 2

From bastar.

Adjective

basto (feminine basta, masculine plural bastos, feminine plural bastas)

1. rough, coarse
2. gross
3. homespun

Derived terms

• bastamente

Verb

basto

1. first-person singular present indicative of bastar
2. first-person singular present indicative of bastir

Further reading

• “basto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014