hasta
A1#111Hear it
adverb
- even
preposition
- until
- up to, to the point of, as much as
Used in the library
- Sirve para llevar carga por las montañas: hasta treinta kilos.It is used for carrying loads over the mountains: up to thirty kilos.A1La llama y la alpaca — The llama and the alpaca
- Isabel murió en 1504; Fernando gobernó hasta 1516.Isabel died in 1504; Fernando ruled until 1516.A2Los Reyes Católicos — The Catholic Monarchs
- Se fue a Francia y vivió allí, lejos de la política, hasta 1850.He went to France and lived there, far from politics, until 1850.A2San Martín cruza los Andes — San Martín crosses the Andes
- Lucía se hace fotografías delante de todo, hasta delante de un gato en una ventana.Lucía takes photos in front of everything, even in front of a cat in a window.A2Lucía en Berlín — Lucía in Berlin (A2)
Other ways to say it
Saying goodbye
- hasta luegosee you laterThe ordinary goodbye in Spain, said even to a shopkeeper you will never see again.
- hasta mañanasee you tomorrowOnly when you actually will.
Idioms built on the body
- estar hasta las naricesto be fed upLiterally to be up to the nostrils. Politer versions of this exist and ruder ones too.