bola ao cesto
Portuguese, noun
bola ao cesto is spelled B-O-L-A-A-O-C-E-S-T-O (11 letters). Bola ao cesto is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “basketball (sport)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, bola-ao-cesto is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of bola ao cesto; still used…”.
What does bola ao cesto mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletebasketball (sport)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of bola ao cesto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ortografia antiga de bola no cesto 2. basquetebol
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bola ao cesto
- bola-ao-cesto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bola ao cesto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.