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hasta

/ˈhæs.tə/

hasta is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta.

Interjection

IPA/ˈɑːstə/

hasta

  1. (colloquial) goodbye

Noun (1)

IPA/ˈhʌstə/

hasta (plural hastas)

  1. (Indian classical dance) 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.2009 January 21, Joe Fiorito, “Tamil dance fine gesture even for our crop of snow”, in Toronto Star

Noun (2)

hasta (plural hastae)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, handwriting) 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.1897, R[obert] S[eymour] Conway, “356–367 Tabulae Iguvinae”, in The Italic Dialects […], volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: At the University Press, →OCLC, page 402
    • In the 12th century in Persia and later in Anatolia a new style of monumental kufic becomes the rule, with the tall hastae of the letters plaited.1976, Basil Gray, “Introduction to the Exhibition”, in The Arts of Islam: Hayward Gallery, 8 April–4 July 1976, [London]: Arts Council of Great Britain, →ISBN, page 29

Forms of hasta

pluralhastas
pluralhastae

Origin of hasta

Written form of a reduction of has to.

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

Borrowed from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta).

Words formed from hasta

Phrases with hasta

Words that rhyme with hasta

Questions about hasta

What does hasta mean?
Hasta means goodbye.
What is hasta the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hasta is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta.
What part of speech is hasta?
Hasta can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce hasta?
Hasta is pronounced /ˈhæs.tə/.

Words near hasta in the dictionary

  1. Hasson
  2. Hassop
  3. Hassuna
  4. Hassānīya
  5. hast
  6. hasta
  7. hasta la pasta
  8. hasta la vista
  9. hasta pasta
  10. hastae
  11. Hastarian

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