bastó

See also: basto, Basto, and bastò

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bastōnem, variant of Latin bastum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəsˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [basˈto]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Noun

bastó m (plural bastons)

1. stick, rod, staff
2. (playing cards, in the plural) clubs; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards
3. (playing cards) a card of this suit

Alternative forms

• basto (playing cards)

Derived terms

• ball de bastons
• bastonada
• bastonet

Further reading

• “bastó” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basˈto/ [basˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: bas‧tó

Verb

bastó

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of bastar