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cesta

Portuguese, noun/ˈses.tɐ/

cesta is spelled C-E-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cesta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “objeto comumente feito de fibras ou vergas entrelaçadas, para o transporte e armazenamento de produtos como…”.

What does cesta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom

  2. 2

    femininea circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. objeto comumente feito de fibras ou vergas entrelaçadas, para o transporte e armazenamento de produtos como alimentos, roupas, etc 2. aro unido à tabela e provido de uma rede, com o objetivo de ser atravessado pela bola

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 cesta

  • cestas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cesta?

  • Brazil /ˈses.tɐ/
  • /ˈseʃ.tɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈseʃ.tɐ/

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

English words that translate to cesta

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cesta in Portuguese?

cesta appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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

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