el
masculine
/balonˈθesto/
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Translation
basketball
Word origin
A Spanish compound of balón ('ball') and cesto ('basket'), coined as a calque of English 'basketball'.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Root
- balón + cesto
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralbaloncestos
Examples
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My brother plays basketball every Saturday.
Unidos.
Basketball is very popular in the United States.
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We won the basketball match by ten points.
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Do you prefer basketball or football?
conviene .
For basketball it helps to be fairly tall.
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