バスタ
解説 Definition
「もう十分だ」「やめろ」と強く告げる間投詞。イタリア語・スペイン語から英語に借用された表現で、Enough! や Stop! に近い。
Basta is an emphatic interjection meaning “enough,” “that is enough,” or “stop.” Borrowed into English from Italian or Spanish, it is used to demand that an action, argument, or unpleasant situation end immediately.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
basta はイタリア語・スペイン語から英語にも入った間投詞で、「もう十分」「やめろ」と強く区切る場面で使う。ラテン語 bastāre「足りる」にさかのぼり、イタリア語 abbastanza「十分に」と関連付けると「十分」の核を保てる。Enough! や Stop! に近いが、借用語らしい感情的な響きがある。
Remember basta as a verbal boundary: the speaker has had enough and wants something to stop. Its central idea is sufficiency, so connect it with Italian abbastanza, “enough” or “sufficiently,” and with English exclamations such as “Enough!” and “Stop!” Basta can sound forceful, impatient, or dramatic, depending on the situation. It is an interjection rather than a verb, so it can stand alone as a complete utterance: “Basta!” The word is a borrowing in English and often retains an Italian or Spanish flavor.
例文
Basta! I don't want to hear any more.
もうたくさんだ！これ以上聞きたくない。
After another interruption, she said, "Basta!"
また口を挟まれて、彼女は「もうやめて！」と言った。
basta の類義語・関連語
basta の語源・成り立ち Etymology
イタリア語・スペイン語の basta（十分だ、もうよい）から英語に借用された。両言語では「足りる、十分である」を表す動詞に関係し、英語では主に強調的で異国語的な響きを伴う間投詞として用いられる。
Basta entered English as an interjection from Italian and Spanish, in both of which it expresses the idea that something is sufficient and must stop. It is traditionally connected with a verb meaning “to suffice” or “to be enough,” traced to Medieval Latin bastāre. Italian abbastanza, “enough” or “sufficiently,” preserves a related expression of adequacy. In English, basta remains a recognizable foreign borrowing used chiefly for emphatic effect.
同じレベルの語彙をもっと
外部辞書で調べる
この英単語をクイズで覚えよう