canasto

Spanish

Alternative forms

• canastro

Etymology

From Latin cānastrum. Cognate with English canister.

Noun

canasto m (plural canastos)

1. basket

   Synonyms: cesta, cesto

2. (Andalusia, Rioplatense, Chile) laundry basket, hamper (made of any kind of material)

Hyponyms

• canasto para bicicleta (“bicycle basket”)

Derived terms

• cesto de mimbre (“wicker basket”) (Argentina, Uruguay)

Related terms

• canasta
• canastillo

Descendants

• → Dutch: kanaster, knaster
  • → English: canaster
  • → German: Knaster
    • → English: knaster
  • →? Traveller Norwegian: knaster

Further reading

• “canasto”, 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