Polyglot Dictionary

cesto

/ˈsestu/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os cestos

Meaning

  1. basket

    • Jogue no cesto.

      Throw it in the basket.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

balaio

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

cesta

cesta and cesto are close synonyms for "basket," differing mainly in grammatical gender, largely interchangeable; cesta can also mean a basketball hoop.

Similar in other languages

German

Korb

Korb is the German word for the same thing — both mean "basket."

Spanish

canasta

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

Practice

1 What does cesto mean?

2 Fill the gap: Jogue no ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cesto?

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