era bastante

was quite

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was quite Used before an adjective to describe something in the past.
SP: La película era bastante buena.
EN: The movie was quite good.

Era bastante interesante.

It was quite interesting.

Su cadena de comida era bastante famosa en todo el país.

Their food chain was quite famous throughout the country.

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

El doctor pensó que el pulso del paciente era bastante rápido.

The doctor thought that the patient's pulse was quite fast.

Tom era bastante lindo cuando era joven.

Tom was quite cute when he was young.

La queja era bastante breve.

The complaint was fairly brief.

Era bastante ruidoso.

It was quite noisy.

Pero también era bastante genial porque siempre podía jugar con su PlayStation.

But it was also pretty great because he could always play with his PlayStation.

— Systemsprenger (2019)

Era bastante gracioso.

It was quite funny.

Maurice era bastante mayor que Vincent.

Maurice was quite a bit older than Vincent.

Era bastante serio.

He was quite serious.

Ya era bastante malo que estuvieras haciendo luchar a las chicas.

It was already bad enough that you were making the girls fight.

— Dangal (2016)

Era bastante imponente.

It was quite imposing.

En esos días yo era bastante pobre.

In those days I was quite poor.

Era bastante violento.

He was quite violent.

— Scream 7 (2026)

Tom era bastante estúpido por creer lo que dijo María.

Tom was quite stupid for believing what Maria said.