basta

American  

[bah-stah] / ˈbɑ stɑ /

interjection

Italian.

1. enough; stop.

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Usage

What does basta mean? Basta is an Italian and Spanish word meaning "Stop!" or "That's enough!"

Example Sentences

“Carson knew the game play, Nate knows fun, weird, trivial parts of baseball and I had the off-the-field stuff,” says Basta via Zoom.

From Los Angeles Times

The screenplay for “Eephus” emerged from the collaboration with childhood friend Michael Basta, part of the independent film collective Omnes Films with Lund, and Nate Fisher, with whom Lund first became acquainted while attending screenings at the Harvard Film Archive.

From Los Angeles Times

So much so that even when Rihab’s father, a retired Lebanese army sergeant, found a rental apartment in the Basta neighbourhood just for the four of them, the girls did not want to go.

From BBC

So on the way home they stopped for rotisserie chicken and other treats from the shop, and at about 7.30pm, with the streets still alive with people, the family pulled up to a rundown building in Basta in central Beirut.

From BBC

Unlike Saeed's parents' house, the new Basta apartment had running water and a generator for electricity.

From BBC