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eu bastava

was enough, sufficed

b ɐ ʃ t a v ɐ → bastar
bast be enough, suffice + ava imperfect past: I/he/she
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #38,156
was enough, sufficed
PO: Uma semana bastava para terminar o projeto.
EN: A week was enough to finish the project.
Conjugation of bastar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First bastava —
Third bastava —

Ele não a queria, mas me bastava com uma só assinatura.

He didn't want it, but a single signature was enough for me.

— Pacto de Sangue (1944)

Fadil finalmente decidiu que bastava.

Fadil finally decided that enough was enough.

Se queríamos algo, bastava pegar.

If we wanted something, we just had to take it.

— Os Bons Companheiros (1990)

Bastava ter me pedido que eu te dava isso e muito mais.

You only had to ask, and I would have given you that and much more.

— Madame Satã (2002)

Ela queria tocar algo belo para ele, mas uma corda não bastava.

She wanted to play something beautiful for him, but one string wasn't enough.

— Flores do Oriente (2011)