hasta pasta
- idiom
- Informal
:
hasta luego
- I'll see you later, hasta pasta!
Examples
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He waved and called out, hasta pasta as he left the party.
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She said hasta pasta to her classmates after the final exam.
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"Hasta pasta!" he joked as he walked out of the office for vacation.
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When we finished our meeting, he said, hasta pasta.
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"Hasta pasta!" he joked as he walked out of the office for vacation.
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He waved and called out, hasta pasta as he left the party.
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She cheerfully said hasta pasta to her friends before heading home.
Synonyms
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8.4
A friendly way to say goodbye when you expect to meet again
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1.0
Words people say when they leave each other
279
1.1
A friendly informal way to say goodbye when leaving
47
8.5
A casual way to say hello or goodbye in Italy
17
8.9
A friendly way to say goodbye
11
9.8
A friendly way to say goodbye
A casual way to say goodbye to someone
A friendly informal way to say goodbye when you will see or speak to someone soon
A casual way to say goodbye until you meet again
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
hasta + pasta
This expression is a playful rhyming/punned farewell modeled on Spanish farewells (e.g. 'hasta la vista') rather than a literal composition of its parts. Even if a learner knows the literal words 'hasta' and 'pasta', the meaning 'goodbye' depends on idiomatic/cultural reference and rhyme, so it is not derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
The phrase hasta pasta comes from a playful rhyme: people took the Spanish word hasta, used in goodbyes like 'hasta luego', and paired it with pasta because the words rhyme. So hasta pasta became a funny, informal way to say 'goodbye'.