basto

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/ˈbæstəʊ/

noun

A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards

OriginSpanish basto ← Latin bastumder.? →
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Meanings

basto1

nounbasto (plural bastos)

plural bastos

  1. A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards

    Spadillio first, unconquerable Lord ! / Let off two captive trumps, and swept the board. / As many more Manillio forc'd to yield, / And march'd a victor from the verdant field. / Him Basto follow'd, but his fate more hard / Gain'd but one trump and one Plebeian card[…]

    1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto

Basto2

proper nounBasto (plural Bastos)

plural Bastos

  1. A surname.

Origin

basto · noun

  1. Latinbastumder.?
  2. Spanishbasto
  3. Englishbasto

Borrowed from Spanish basto.

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Basto · proper noun

  1. SpanishBasto
  2. EnglishBasto

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Basto. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with basto

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Anagrams

boastsabotsobatbatso
Cite this entry
APA

basto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basto

MLA

“basto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basto. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basto,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basto.

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