Basta seem to be a very popular word among Italian mothers.

My hotel room in La Spezia had a balcony. I rinsed my bike clothes and was hanging them to dry on the balcony. I looked across the street and there was a woman hanging her wash. It made me feel like a native.

Later there was a small boy out on the street screaming his lungs out, repeatedly. I went out on my balcony and yelled BASTA! He shut up! I really felt like a native then.

But of course Italian men don't seem to discipline their children in public. And certainly no self respecting Italian man would ever hang the wash.

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