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basta

English translation: stop it!! or that´s enough!!!

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Spanish term or phrase:basta
English translation:stop it!! or that´s enough!!!
Entered by: MIGUEL JIMENEZ

02:14 Mar 21, 2002
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Spanish term or phrase: basta
Alright alright basta! i will send you away!
annie
stop it!! or that´s enough!!!
Explanation:
Hope it helps,

miguel
Selected response from:

MIGUEL JIMENEZ
Local time: 02:26
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10stop it!! or that´s enough!!!
MIGUEL JIMENEZ
5 +3knock it off / give it a rest ...
Atenea Acevedo (X)
5 +3Cut it out!
Monica Colangelo
5Basta
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4that's enough!/that will do!;
Al Gallo
4Drop it!
R.J.Chadwick (X)
4that´s enough!
iwerner (X)


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
stop it!! or that´s enough!!!


Explanation:
Hope it helps,

miguel

MIGUEL JIMENEZ
Local time: 02:26
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 151

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulina Gómez
1 min
  -> THANKS BUDDIES!!
agree  Atenea Acevedo (X)
2 mins
  -> THANKS BUDDIES!!
agree  Claudia Alvis: It could also be just "Enough!"
3 mins
  -> THANKS BUDDIES!!
agree  Diplomonde: or "quit it"/"cut it out"
8 mins
agree  Bernardo Ortiz
20 mins
agree  Rick Henry
1 hr
agree  Aurora Humarán (X)
4 hrs
agree  Paola Nobizelli
12 hrs
agree  Maria-Teresa Zenteno
13 hrs
agree  Sheila Hardie
13 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
knock it off / give it a rest ...


Explanation:
In case your text allows for other expressions...

Atenea Acevedo (X)
Local time: 00:26
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 110

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Terry Burgess: I like this one!...sounds just like me on a "bad-hair" day:-))))
14 mins
  -> Thanks, Terry
agree  Oso (X): Excellent option! ¶:^))
1 hr
  -> Hola, Oso, muchas gracias
agree  A. Deb
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ana
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that's enough!/that will do!;


Explanation:
This is a standard, and it is given by the Collins dictionary as well

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Note added at 2002-03-21 02:33:09 (GMT)
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The choice will depend on the specific situation.

Al Gallo
PRO pts in pair: 2
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Cut it out!


Explanation:
My favorite

Monica Colangelo
Argentina
Local time: 03:26
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 1042

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JH Trads
36 mins
  -> Gracias, Hugo
agree  Oso (X): Great option! ¶:^))
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Oso
agree  Roser Villa
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Roser
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Drop it!


Explanation:
Said to end an argument that has gone on for too long or has become too tedious.

R.J.Chadwick (X)
Local time: 14:26
PRO pts in pair: 218
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that´s enough!


Explanation:
es la que mejor se adapta

iwerner (X)
PRO pts in pair: 4
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Basta


Explanation:
Why translate it? If the rest of the sentence is in English/ This is one of those words that can be left as is depending on the context.

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 7709
Grading comment
well, its vocabulary for a test, i need to know!
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Comment: well, its vocabulary for a test, i need to know!



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