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yo bastaba

was enough, sufficed

→ bastar
bast be enough; suffice + aba imperfect past (indicative or subjunctive), 1st/3rd person singular
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #46,544
was enough, sufficed
SP: Con una hora bastaba para terminar el trabajo.
EN: One hour was enough to finish the work.
Conjugation of bastar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First bastaba —
Third bastaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First bastaba —
Third bastaba —

Que con seis hombres no bastaba.

That six men were not enough.

— Yojimbo. El mercenario (1961)

Bastaba con pedirle los detalles a su secretaria.

All you had to do was ask his secretary for the details.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Bastaba con decirte una sola vez las cosas.

It was enough to tell you things just once.

— Comer, beber, amar (1994)