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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 · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #42,052
was enough, sufficed
SP: Con una llamada bastaba.
EN: One call was enough.
Conjugation of bastar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First bastaba —
Third bastaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First bastaba —
Third bastaba —

Bastaba con decirte una sola vez las cosas.

It was enough to tell you things just once.

— 飲食男女 (1994)

Bastaba con pedirle los detalles a su secretaria.

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

— Contratiempo (2017)

Yo tenía el segundo piso, que me bastaba de sobra.

I had the second floor, which was more than enough for me.

Bastaba.

That was enough.

Que con seis hombres no bastaba.

That six men were not enough.

— Yojimbo (1961)