canastra

Latin

Adjective

cānastra

  1. inflection of cānaster:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

cānastrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of cānaster

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cannastrum, *cannastra, an alteration of Latin canistrum, from Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈnas.tɾɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈnaʃ.tɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈnas.tɾa/

Noun

canastra f (plural canastras)

  1. a large basket
  2. (Brazil) a type of armadillo

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “canastra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “canastra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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