Standard Lemma guide

hasta

intj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɑːstə/
  • rhymes with -ɑːstə
  • /ˈhʌstə/
  • rhymes with -ʌstə
  • /ˈhæs.tə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æstə
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 S T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AA1 S T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

goodbye

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Indian classical dance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A spear carried by early Roman legionaries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ancient-Rome

Qualifier: handwriting

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Examples

  • He hasta visit the doctor.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Spanish hasta (“until”), especially hasta luego (“until later”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhes-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́hástas Sanskrit हस्त (hasta)bor. English hasta Borrowed from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta).

Learned borrowing from Latin hasta.

Written form of a reduction of has to.

Real reading context

hasta in complete knowledge articles