Polyglot Dictionary

balaio

/baˈlaju/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os balaios

Meaning

  1. basket

    • Guardo frutas num balaio.

      I keep fruit in a basket.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cesto

balaio specifically means a traditional woven straw basket; cesto is the general word for "basket."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cesta

cesta is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "basket."

Spanish

cesto

cesto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "basket."

Practice

1 What does balaio mean?

2 Fill the gap: Guardo frutas num ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches balaio?

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