cesto
Portuguese, noun
cesto is spelled C-E-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cesto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “basket (container)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cêsto is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que cesta (aro)”.
What does cesto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebasket (container)
- 2
masculinebasket
noun
- 1
masculinecestus (leather fighting glove)
noun
- 1
masculinecestus (girdle)
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of cesto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que cesta (aro) 2. cesta pequena
noun: 1. conjunto de fitas de couro cru guarnecidas com pelotas de chumbo que envolvia as mãos dos pugilistas; manopla
noun: 1. cinto bordado que, no dia do casamento, o noivo dava à noiva em sinal de amor eterno 2. designação comum aos ctenóforos do gênero Cestum, conhecidos vulgarmente como cinturões-de-vênus
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 cesto
- cestos plural
- cêsto alternative
- cêstos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cesto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cesto in Portuguese?
cesto appears 2.1 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).