"quanto basta" meaning in Italian

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Prepositional phrase

Etymology: Literally, “as much as is enough”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|as much as is enough}} “as much as is enough”, {{lit|as much as is enough}} Literally, “as much as is enough” Head templates: {{head|it|prepositional phrase}} quanto basta
  1. to taste
    Sense id: en-quanto_basta-it-prep_phrase-2vkp6OfM
  2. (figurative, by extension) sufficiently, enough, as needed Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-quanto_basta-it-prep_phrase-HK7qZ1Rv

Alternative forms

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