Translation for "bastava" to english

Bastava

verb

• suffice
• be enough
• be sufficient
• do
• last

Translation examples

suffice verb

Io credo, signor Fox, che bastava una telefonata del signor Wayne.
I think, Mr. Fox, a simple phone call might have sufficed.

Bastava capire che la duchessa e innamorata del Formica.
Sufficed understand that the Duchess is madly in love with Formica!

- Non bastava un richiamo verbale?
And a verbal warning wouldn't suffice?

! - Bastava un semplice "ciao, mamma".
A simple "Hi, Mom" would suffice.

Bastava un "non lo so"!
"l don't know" would suffice.

Bastava un semplice "non mi sembra una grande idea".
A simple "I don't care for the idea" would suffice.

Bastava un semplice no.
A simple "no" would have sufficed.

Bastava una stretta di mano.
A simple handshake would've sufficed.

do verb

Bastava solo chiedere.
All you had to do was ask.

Beh, bastava chiedere.
Well, all you need to do is ask.

- Bastava chiedere, eh!
- I can't do it by myself.

Bastava chiedere, ladruncola.
All you had to do is ask, klepto.

Ti bastava chiamare.
All you had to do was call.

Bastava che chiamassi.
All you had to do was call me.

- Bastava chiedere. - Perfetto.
- All you had to do is ask.

last verb

Bastava una singola, piccola spinta... o un ultimo, disperato tentativo di salvataggio.
All it needed was one small push, or a final, last-ditch rescue.

La nostra identita' non dipendeva dal partito che avevamo votato alle ultime elezioni e... non bastava cosi' poco a farci paura.
We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didn't-- we didn't scare so easy.

Si', ma ne bastava solo uno l'ultima... volta.
Yeah. But one's all we needed last... time.