bastedad

Spanish

Etymology

From basto (“crude, rough, unpolished”) +‎ -edad. The "abundance" sense is influenced by vastedad (“vastness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basteˈdad/ [bas.t̪eˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: bas‧te‧dad
• Homophone: vastedad

Noun

bastedad f (plural bastedades)

1. crudeness, coarseness, roughness
2. rudeness, vulgarity
3. (rustic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) abundance, especially of food

Related terms

• bastar

Further reading

• “bastedad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “bastedad”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010