Hasta
intj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 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."
- 2 A spear carried by early Roman legionaries. Ancient-Rome
"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."
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”). colloquial, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
"He hasta visit the doctor."
- 1 goodbye colloquial
Synonyms
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More examples"A prudent prayer, and a vigorous dance, with many interwoven leaps and twirls and pirouettes, and hastas all around."
Etymology
Written form of a reduction of has to.
From Spanish hasta (“until”), especially hasta luego (“until later”).
Borrowed from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta).
Learned borrowing from Latin hasta.
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