punktur og basta

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• punktur og pasta (common among children)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian punto e basta (literally “period and that's it”) via Danish punktum og basta.

Basta is not used in other contexts in modern Icelandic, and so many speakers (particularly children) instead say punktur og pasta (literally “period and pasta”).

Interjection

punktur og basta

1. and that's final!, end of discussion!

   Synonyms: hana nú, ekkert múður

Derived terms

• punktur og basta, bannað að breyta (“no takesy backsies”)