vasta

See also: Vasta, vásta, and vasta-

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vastus, English vast and French vaste.

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /ˈvasta/
  • Hyphenation: vas‧ta
  • Rhymes: -asta

Adjective

vasta (accusative singular vastan, plural vastaj, accusative plural vastajn)

  1. extensive, vast, spacious
    Antonym: malvasta

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑstɑ/, [ˈʋɑs̠t̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
  • Hyphenation: vas‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *vasta. Earlier *kvasta, of Germanic origin, compare Swedish kvast.

Noun

vasta

  1. A kind of whip made of birch twigs and used in the sauna to enhance the effect of heat by gently beating oneself with it.
    Synonyms: saunavasta, vihta
Declension
Inflection of vasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vasta vastat
genitive vastan vastojen
partitive vastaa vastoja
illative vastaan vastoihin
singular plural
nominative vasta vastat
accusative nom. vasta vastat
gen. vastan
genitive vastan vastojen
vastainrare
partitive vastaa vastoja
inessive vastassa vastoissa
elative vastasta vastoista
illative vastaan vastoihin
adessive vastalla vastoilla
ablative vastalta vastoilta
allative vastalle vastoille
essive vastana vastoina
translative vastaksi vastoiksi
instructive — vastoin
abessive vastatta vastoitta
comitative — vastoineen
Derived terms
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Adverb

vasta

  1. Expressing delay or that something takes place later; not until, only, but
    Hänen piti tulla tänään, mutta hän tuleekin vasta ylihuomenna.
    He was expected today, but he does not come until the day after tomorrow.
    Ota ensin asioista selvää, ja puhu vasta sitten!
    First find out the facts and speak only thereafter!
  2. Expressing that something happened only recently; newly, freshly, just
    vasta leivottu ― freshly baked
    vasta äsken ― just a while ago
  3. Expressing disappointment or frustration in a task; only.
    Synonym: vain
    Hän oli tässä kilpailussa vasta kolmantena.
    He was only third in this race.
    Olen edennyt vasta vähän kaikista ponnisteluistani huolimatta.
    Despite all my effort I have made only a little progress until now.
    Olemme kävelleet vasta kymmenen kilometriä ja olen jo aivan uupunut.
    We have walked only ten kilometers and I am already completely exhausted.
    Ja nyt vasta tuo akka huomaa kertoa jotain noin tärkeää...
    Now that hag thinks to tell me something so important...

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Anagrams

Ido

Adjective

vasta

  1. vast, extensive
    Synonyms: granda, larja, spacoza
    Antonyms: mikra, streta

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

vasta

  1. Feminine singular of adjective vasto.

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

vasta

  1. feminine nominative singular of vastus
  2. feminine vocative singular of vastus
  3. neuter nominative plural of vastus
  4. neuter accusative plural of vastus
  5. neuter vocative plural of vastus

vastā

  1. feminine ablative singular of vastus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Adjective

vasta

  1. Feminine singular of adjective vasto.

Spanish

Adjective

vasta

  1. Feminine singular of adjective vasto.
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