baloncesto
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Galician
Etymology
A semantic calque of English basketball, from balón (“ball”) + cesto (“basket”).
Pronunciation
Noun
baloncesto m (uncountable)
- basketball (sport)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
A semantic calque of English basketball, from balón (“ball”) + cesto (“basket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /balonˈθesto/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /balonˈsesto/
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -esto
- Syllabification: ba‧lon‧ces‧to
Noun
baloncesto m (uncountable)
- basketball (sport)
- Synonyms: básquetbol, basquetbol, básquet, básket
Derived terms
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