cesto

cesto (plural cestos)

1. A bale or basket of coca leaves.

• cotes, coset, Cotes, OTECs, estoc, ScotE, scote, Coste

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛsto]

cesto

1. vocative singular of cesta

From Latin cista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.to/
• Rhymes: -esto
• Hyphenation: cé‧sto

cesto m (plural cesti)

1. basket

• cestino

• coste, scote

cestō

1. dative/ablative singular of cestus

• zesto (obsolete)

cesty +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛstɔ/

cesto (comparative cesćej, superlative nejcesćej)

1. frequently, often

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “cesto”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “cesto”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

From cesta (“basket”), from Latin cista (“trunk, chest”).

• cêsto (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -estu, -eʃtu
• Homophone: sexto (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ces‧to

cesto m (plural cestos)

1. basket (container)

   Synonyms: cesta, cabaz

2. (basketball) basket

   Synonyms: cesta, aro

• → Kariri: setú

From Latin caestus.

• Rhymes: -ɛstu, -ɛʃtu
• Hyphenation: ces‧to

cesto m (plural cestos)

1. cestus (leather fighting glove)

Learned borrowing from Latin cestus, from Ancient Greek κεστός (kestós).

• Rhymes: -ɛstu, -ɛʃtu
• Hyphenation: ces‧to

cesto m (plural cestos)

1. cestus (girdle)

• “cesto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cesto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cesto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “cesto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *těsto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛstɔ/

cesto n

1. dough

• cestový
• cestíčko

• “cesto”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Inherited from Latin cista. Doublet of cesta. Cognate with English cist and chest.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθesto/ [ˈθes.t̪o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsesto/ [ˈses.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: ces‧to

cesto m (plural cestos)

1. basket

   Synonyms: canasta, canasto, cesta

2. (Andes, Honduras, Paraguay) laundry basket, hamper (made of any material including plastic)
3. (Rioplatense, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua) laundry basket, hamper, mesh pop-up hamper (not made of plastic but rather consists of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)
4. (Spain) hamper (made of wicker)

   Synonym: cuévano

• “cesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024