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hasta¹

  • /ˈhæs.tə/

Rhymes with -æstə

Where it comes from

Written form of a reduction of has to.

verb

  1. colloquial, indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”). He hasta visit the doctor.

hasta²

  • /ˈɑːstə/

Rhymes with -ɑːstə

Where it comes from

From Spanish hasta (“until”), especially hasta luego (“until later”).

interjection

  1. colloquial goodbye

hasta³

  • /ˈhʌstə/

Rhymes with -ʌstə

noun hastas

  1. A hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song A prudent prayer, and a vigorous dance, with many interwoven leaps and twirls and pirouettes, and hastas all around.

hasta⁴

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin hasta.

noun hastae

  1. Ancient Rome A spear carried by early Roman legionaries. In Table I the hastae of n and m are regularly vertical and of the same height, while in II a and II b they vary in height and are often out of the perpendicular.

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@misc{hasta_2026,
  title = {hasta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hasta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}