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canastero

Spanish, noun/kanasˈteɾo/

canastero is spelled C-A-N-A-S-T-E-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish, the 200,060th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canastero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “basketmaker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Artesano que hace o vende canastas”.

What does canastero mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebasketmaker

  2. 2

    masculinecanastero

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Artesano que hace o vende canastas. 2. (Pseudasthenes humicola) Ave posiblemente endémica de Chile, llamada así por sus nidos con forma parecida a un canasto alargado.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of canastero

  • canasteros plural
  • canastera feminine
  • canasteras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce canastero?

  • /kanasˈteɾo/
  • [ka.nasˈt̪e.ɾo]
  • [kanasˈt̪eɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is canastero in Spanish?

canastero appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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