cesto
English
Noun
cesto (plural cestos)Category:English lemmas#CESTOCategory:English nouns#CESTOCategory:English countable nouns#CESTOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛsto]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#CESTO
Noun
cestoCategory:Czech non-lemma forms#CESTOCategory:Czech noun forms#CESTOCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
Italian
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#CESTOCategory:Italian undefined derivations#CESTO cista.
Pronunciation
Noun
cesto m (plural cesti)Category:Italian lemmas#CESTOCategory:Italian nouns#CESTOCategory:Italian countable nouns#CESTOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Italian masculine nouns#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
Derived terms
Anagrams
Category:it:Containers#CESTOLatin
Noun
cestōCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#CESTOCategory:Latin noun forms#CESTOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- zesto (obsolete)
Etymology
cesty + -oCategory:Lower Sorbian terms suffixed with -o#CESTO.
Pronunciation
Adverb
cesto (comparative cesćej, superlative nejcesćej)Category:Lower Sorbian lemmas#CESTOCategory:Lower Sorbian adverbs#CESTOCategory:Lower Sorbian comparable adverbs#CESTOCategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
Further reading
- 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
Portuguese

Etymology 1
From cesta (“basket”), from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#CESTO cista (“trunk, chest”)Category:Portuguese undefined derivations#CESTO.
Alternative forms
- cêsto (pre-reform spelling)
Pronunciation
Noun
cesto m (plural cestos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CESTOCategory:Portuguese nouns#CESTOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#CESTOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
- basket (container)
- (basketballCategory:pt:Basketball#CESTO) basket
Related terms
Descendants
- → Kariri: setú
Etymology 2
From LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#CESTO caestusCategory:Portuguese undefined derivations#CESTO.
Pronunciation
Noun
cesto m (plural cestos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CESTOCategory:Portuguese nouns#CESTOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#CESTOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
- cestus (leather fighting glove)
Etymology 3
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#CESTOCategory:Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin#CESTOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#CESTO cestus, from Ancient GreekCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek#CESTO κεστός (kestós).
Pronunciation
Noun
cesto m (plural cestos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CESTOCategory:Portuguese nouns#CESTOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#CESTOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
- cestus (girdle)
Further reading
- “cesto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “cesto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “cesto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “cesto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
Slovak

Etymology
Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Slovak terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#CESTOCategory:Slovak terms derived from Proto-Slavic#CESTO *těsto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sestɔ/, [ˈt͡sestɔ]Category:Slovak 2-syllable words#CESTOCategory:Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation#CESTO
- Rhymes: -estɔCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/estɔ#CESTOCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/estɔ/2 syllables#CESTO
- Hyphenation: ces‧to
Noun
cesto n (relational adjective cestový, diminutive cestíčko)Category:Slovak lemmas#CESTOCategory:Slovak nouns#CESTOCategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Slovak neuter nouns#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
Declension
Further reading
- “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, 2003–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#CESTOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CESTO cista. Doublet of cestaCategory:Spanish doublets#CESTO. Cognate with English cist and chest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθesto/ [ˈθes.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#CESTOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CESTO
- IPA(key): /ˈsesto/ [ˈses.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#CESTOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CESTO
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#CESTOAudio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -estoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/esto#CESTOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/esto/2 syllables#CESTO
- Syllabification: ces‧to
Noun
cesto m (plural cestos)Category:Spanish lemmas#CESTOCategory:Spanish nouns#CESTOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#CESTOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CESTOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CESTOCategory:Pages with entries#CESTOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#CESTO
- basket
- (Andes Mountains, Honduras, Paraguay) laundry basket, hamper (made of any material including plastic)
- (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)
- (SpainCategory:Peninsular Spanish#CESTO) hamper (made of wicker)
- Synonym: cuévano
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “cesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
