Bastante in english
pronunciation: kwaɪt part of speech: adverb
bastante = a good deal of ; a great deal of ; enough ; plenty of ; pretty much ; substantive ; plenty ; a good many ; numerable ; fair share.
Example: There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.Example: As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.Example: Also, the supplier with a number of clients has enough maintenance income to justify the establishment of a sound maintenance service.Example: There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.Example: Of course, suspicion always arises that both are weak; for where the library is a vital force, the public is usually pretty much alive to its worth.Example: In Zimbabwe out of the seven universities with substantive librarians in the country, six of them were headed by women.Example: One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.Example: A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.Example: During the past decade both groups have developed numerable measures to assess creative potential.Example: Some librarians complain that they are not getting a fair share of these funds.more:
» ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio ; go + a far way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio .
Example: In addition, their involvement in the planning process will go a long way towards allaying any fears over automation and will ensure that staff are aware of the reasons behind the decision to automate. Example: Under these circumstances, physical expressions of love and concern not only enrich the soul, but go a far way in healing wounds and renewing hope.» bastante + Adjetivo = fairly + Adjetivo ; pretty + Adjetivo ; rather + Adjetivo ; reasonably + Adjetivo .
Example: It is fairly common to have to modify a standard list, or compile a fresh list when a new application is envisaged. Example: The AACR title catalog is also incomplete, for there are a dozen exceptions, some of them pretty large exceptions, to entry under title or added title in AACR. Example: If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries. Example: Support services must be effective and reasonably cheap.» bastante + Adjetivo/Adverbio = quite + Adjetivo/Adverbio .
Example: Quite frequently a user will be satisfied with a few items on a topic, as long as they are relevant, and meet other criteria such as language, date and level.» bastante a menudo = quite often .
Example: Quite often these babies are saved as a last ditch to provide these parents with a family.» bastante bien = good enough ; rather well ; fairly + Verbo .
Example: Librarians must break out of the prison they have erected for themselves that dictates their solutions must be professionally perfect; 'good enough' is often the right solution. Example: The system gave rise to a double-faced social dynamic -- inside/inside -- which proved itself able to adapt rather well to social change. Example: The survey was weighted demographically and fairly represents the online population of all countries = El cuestionario se ponderó demográficamente y representa bastante bien la población con acceso a Internet de todos los países.» bastante bueno = good enough .
Example: Librarians must break out of the prison they have erected for themselves that dictates their solutions must be professionally perfect; 'good enough' is often the right solution.» bastante desarrollado = well-developed .
Example: Even countries which have well-developed economic infrastructures may in some respects experience poverty of information, particularly in rural areas.» bastante extenso = longish .
Example: What was pinned up ranged from elaborate and beautifully executed illustrations to longish book reviews either typed or handwritten, and cartoons that made a joke about the book being suggested.» bastante general = wide-ranging [wide ranging] .
Example: The contents of this handbook are comprehensive and wide-ranging.» bastante grande = largish ; biggish .
Example: This largish university has more than 20,000 students and offers over 200 undergraduate majors, over 100 master's degree options, and 17 doctoral degree programmes. Example: He was a withdrawn, slight-framed person with a biggish nose, smallish chin, reddish hair and mustache.» bastante largo = longish .
Example: What was pinned up ranged from elaborate and beautifully executed illustrations to longish book reviews either typed or handwritten, and cartoons that made a joke about the book being suggested.» bastante lejos de = well away from .
Example: Concepts which are only remotely related to the central concept will be positioned well away from the central circle.» bastante malo = third rate [third-rate] .
Example: The quality of the material published has often been regarded as second or third rate, a criticism less justified today.» bastante más = rather more .
Example: AACR2 also incorporates rather more options in terms of alternative rules than AACR1.» bastante para todos = enough to go round .
Example: Most children have a negative experience of books and this may be because there are not enough to go round = La mayoría de los niños tienen una experiencia negativa de los libros que se puede deber a que no hay bastantes para todos.» bastantes = quite a few .
Example: One day, quite a few years ago now, a middle-aged mother discovered that her teenage daughter sometimes smoked pot with her friends after school.» bastante tiempo = ample time .
Example: The format of each workshop is to be determined by the organizers, but it is expected that they contain ample time for general discussion.» con bastante antelación = well in advance ; far in advance .
Example: We try to persuade all speakers to let us have the text of their papers well in advance. Example: As an ashamed American, I think the responsibility rests on our government, which made sure certain military and state institutions were guarded in Iraq, while completely ignoring all pleas, submitted far in advance, from historians in the US to guard eternal treasures.» con bastante frecuencia = quite frequently ; fairly often ; quite often .
Example: Quite frequently a user will be satisfied with a few items on a topic, as long as they are relevant, and meet other criteria such as language, date and level. Example: Fairly often this sort of libraries have been equipped with a computer. Example: Quite often these babies are saved as a last ditch to provide these parents with a family.» dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on .
Example: The IFLA letter places great store on the number of FID members who are also IFLA members.» dejar bastante que desear = leave + a lot to be desired ; leave + much to be desired .
Example: BC's layout and typography leave a lot to be desired, particularly if it is compared with a scheme such as DC. Example: The organization of the purchase and storage of such documents in this country leaves much to be desired.» dormir (lo) bastante = sleep + enough .
Example: Those who do not sleep enough have also been shown to eat more and be less attractive than people who do.» es bastante = that's enough .
Example: Some folks would say that's enough, but I could see the kid wasn't satisfied. = Alguna gente diría que era suficiente, pero yo podía ver que el chico no estaba satisfecho.» estar bastante acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with .
Example: Librarians are all too familiar with the user who returns a book with the comment that it was not quite what was wanted = Los bibliotecarios están bastante acostumbrados al usuario que devuelve un libro con el comentario de que no es lo que buscaba.» estar bastante alejado = be a distance apart .
Example: Such an arrangement is well suited to the conditions of an administration dispersed around several buildings, some of which are a distance apart.» estar bastante alejado de = be well away from .
Example: It detonated underwater and he was well away from the blast zone, and yet he was still ripped to shreds.» estar ya bastante madurito = be no spring chicken .
Example: He's such a slow coach -- I run faster than him and am no spring chicken.» ganar bastante dinero = make + good money ; earn + good money .
Example: Thousands of ordinary people from all over the world are now making good money on the Internet, who once thought they never could. Example: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly by night, get rich quick scheme.» ir bastante bien = go + pretty well .
Example: I had an audition; it went pretty well but I don't think it's going to happen.» jardín (muy/bastante) maduro = well-established garden ; mature garden .
Example: These 2 and 3 bedroom apartments are set in well-established gardens and within easy walking distance of the beach, shops and restaurants. Example: We have just moved house and the new home has a wonderful mature garden - in fact, it was one of the reasons we fell in love with the house.» lo bastante = (for) long enough .
Example: If one of them is held down long enough, the cursor will eventually be moved back to its starting position, since the screen 'wraps around'.» lo bastante elevado = high enough .
Example: However, you may change notes only if your authorization level is high enough.» lo bastante extenso = adequately scoped .
Example: What is usually advocated is a single point of access to a totality of digital library collections, which is adequately scoped to meet the needs of that individual.» no lo bastante lejos = not far enough .
Example: Computers have come a long way, but not far enough.» Participio Pasado + bastante bueno = decently + Participio Pasado .
Example: Typical examples of enquiries of this kind that could be satisfied within minutes in any decently stocked library are 'Have you got anything on organising weddings?' 'Can you find me something on the history of paddle-steamers?'.» planear con (bastante) antelación = plan + (well) ahead .
Example: The librarian should avoid crisis decisions by planning well ahead.» que necesita bastante dedicación = time-consuming [time consuming] .
Example: International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.» que necesita bastante dedicación de personal = staff-intensive [staff intensive] .
Example: Computers have facilitated the paper flow within the organization -- a formerly arduous and staff-intensive effort = Los ordenadores han facilitado el papeleo en las organizaciones, un esfuerzo que antes era arduo y que necesitaba bastante dedicación de personal.» que necesita bastante mano de obra = labour-intensive [labour intensive] .
Example: Catalogue maintenance in a large union catalogue based on cards or slips was a nightmare, and it was very labour-intensive to maintain such catalogues at more than one location.» remontarse bastante en el tiempo = go back + a long way .
Example: LC's involvement in networking goes back a long way.» salir bastante bien = go + pretty well .
Example: I had an audition; it went pretty well but I don't think it's going to happen.» ser lo bastante hombre (como) para = be man enough to .
Example: Some men are being driven away from macho occupations like surgery because they don't feel that they are 'man enough', according to new research.» ser lo bastante macho (como) para = be man enough to .
Example: Some men are being driven away from macho occupations like surgery because they don't feel that they are 'man enough', according to new research.» tener ya bastante entre manos = have + enough on + Posesivo + plate .
Example: She sounds like she has enough on her plate as it is, and she definitely doesn't need an emotional affair to confuse her even more.» tener ya bastantes problemas = have + enough on + Posesivo + plate .
Example: She sounds like she has enough on her plate as it is, and she definitely doesn't need an emotional affair to confuse her even more.» ya hace bastante tiempo = for quite a while now .
Example: In Sweden, for quite a while now, the cataloging of the National Library and the tapes of abstracting and indexing services have been merged into one system.» ya hemos hablado bastante de = so much for .
Example: So much for the manipulation of ideas and their insertion into the record.» ya + ser + bastante = enough + be + enough .
Example: This is a very common failing of librarians and can be observed daily: they appear unable to recognise when enough is enough.