vastare

Latin

Verb

vāstāre

1. inflection of vāstō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• abbastare
• bastare (< Italian bastare)
• vastà, abbastà, bastà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bastāre.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [vasˈta]

Verb

vastare

1. to suffice

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “vastare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano