baloncesto

Galician

Etymology

A semantic calque of English basketball, from balón (“ball”) +‎ cesto (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌba.lon.ˈθes.to/

Noun

baloncesto m (uncountable)

1. basketball (sport)

Derived terms

• baloncestista
• baloncestístico

Spanish

Etymology

A semantic calque of English basketball, from balón (“ball”) +‎ cesto (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /balonˈθesto/ [ba.lõn̟ˈθes.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /balonˈsesto/ [ba.lõnˈses.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: ba‧lon‧ces‧to

Noun

baloncesto m (uncountable)

1. basketball (sport)

   Synonyms: básquetbol, basquetbol, básquet, básket

Derived terms

• baloncestista
• baloncestístico

 

Further reading

• “baloncesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10