gasta

See also: gastá

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

gasta

1. fast; quick, rapid

   Synonyms: mear, tapa

2. smart; quick, clever
3. neat, tidy

Declension

Declension of gasta

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gasta	ghasta	gasta; ghasta²
Vocative	ghasta		gasta
Genitive		gasta	gasta	gasta
Dative	gasta; ghasta¹	ghasta	gasta; ghasta²
Comparative	níos gasta
Superlative	is gasta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• gastacht f (“fastness, quickness, rapidity; smartness, cleverness; tidiness”)
• gastaire m (“smart, impudent, fellow”)
• gastóg f (“smart expression; quick retort; smart, saucy, girl”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gasta	ghasta	ngasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gasta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gasta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Portuguese

Verb

gasta

1. third-person singular present indicative of gastar
2. second-person singular imperative of gastar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡasta/ [ˈɡas.t̪a]

Verb

gasta

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of gastar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of gastar.

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Swedish

Verb

gasta (present gastar, preterite gastade, supine gastat, imperative gasta)

1. to shout or scream at the top of one's voice

Conjugation

Conjugation of gasta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gasta		—
Supine	gastat		—
Imperative	gasta		—
Imper. plural1	gasten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	gastar	gastade	—	—
Ind. plural1	gasta	gastade	—	—
Subjunctive2	gaste	gastade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	gastande
Past participle	gastad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• agats, gatas, tagas