basterà

Basterò is the first-person singular future indicative form of the Italian verb bastare, meaning to be enough or to suffice. It expresses that the speaker will be adequate for a given purpose or situation in the future.

Bastare is a regular -are verb, so its full conjugation in the present and future follows standard patterns. In the second person singular you say basterai, in the third person singular basterà, in the first person plural basteremo, in the second person plural basterete, and in the third person plural basteranno. The past participle is bastato, used in compound tenses with avere (e.g., ho bastato).

Usage in Italian centers on sufficiency. Basterò can be used to state that the speaker will be enough for a task or audience, while other forms like basterà (it will be enough) are more commonly used in impersonal or general statements. Examples include: “Domani preparerò la torta: basterà per tutti.” or “Non preoccuparti; basterà così.” The first-person form is less frequent in everyday speech than the impersonal or third-person forms, but it appears in dialogue, rhetorical writing, or contexts emphasizing personal capability.

Etymology traces bastare to the Italian lexeme for “to suffice,” with roots in the Latin and proto-Romance vocabulary common to words meaning sufficiency in Romance languages. The sense of sufficiency remains stable across related languages, such as bastar in Spanish or suffire in French.