cesta

See also: cèsta, cěsta, and česta

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Noun

cesta f (plural cestes)

1. basket (container)

Synonyms

• cestu

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Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech cěsta, from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛsta]

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• Hyphenation: ce‧s‧ta
• Rhymes: -ɛsta

Noun

cesta f

1. road

   Se dala na cestu. ― She set off.

   být na cestách ― to be on the way

2. journey
3. path (graph theory)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	cesta	cesty
genitive	cesty	cest
dative	cestě	cestám
accusative	cestu	cesty
vocative	cesto	cesty
locative	cestě	cestách
instrumental	cestou	cestami

Related terms

• cestář
• cestička
• cestování
• cestovat
• cestovní
• cestující
• rozcestí
• rozcestník

 

See also

• pěšina
• silnice
• stezka
• trasa

Further reading

• cesta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• cesta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθestɐ], (western) [ˈsestɐ]

Noun

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. basket, specially larger ones without handles or with side handles
   • 1272, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Mosteiro de Montederramo, page 469:

     darnos kada ano una cesta de peras

     give to us each year a basket of pears

2. (regional) smaller basket with a central handle

   Synonym: cesto

3. (regional) muzzle

   Synonyms: bocal, vetillo

Related terms

• cesteiro
• cesto

References

• “cesta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cesta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cesta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cesta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From the Latin cista, from the Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.sta/

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• Rhymes: -esta
• Hyphenation: cé‧sta

Noun

cesta f (plural ceste)

1. basket

Further reading

• cesta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• caste, steca

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛsta/

Adjective

cesta

1. feminine nominative singular of cesty

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈses.ta/
• Homophone: sexta

Noun

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. basket

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) chista
• (Puter, Vallader) chaista

Etymology

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Noun

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. (Sutsilvan) chest, trunk

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) trucca
• (Surmiran) trocla
• (Surmiran) tgascha
• (Puter) chascha
• (Surmiran) begl

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Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 28 August 2013

Alternative forms

• cista (Ikavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Noun

cèsta f (Cyrillic spelling цѐста)

1. road (paved)
2. highway

Declension

Declension of cesta

	singular	plural
nominative	cèsta	ceste
genitive	ceste	céstā
dative	cesti	cestama
accusative	cestu	ceste
vocative	cesto	ceste
locative	cesti	cestama
instrumental	cestom	cestama

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:cesta.

Derived terms

• cȅstār
• cestàrina
• cȅstica
• cèstōvnī

See also

• ulica

References

• “cesta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛsta/

Noun

cesta f (genitive singular cesty, nominative plural cesty, genitive plural ciest, declension pattern of žena)

1. road
2. way

Declension

Declension of cesta

	singular	plural
nominative	cesta	cesty
genitive	cesty	ciest
dative	ceste	cestám
accusative	cestu	cesty
locative	ceste	cestách
instrumental	cestou	cestami

See also

• cestár
• cestovať
• cestovateľ

Noun

cesta

1. genitive singular of cesto

Further reading

• cesta in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sèːsta/

Noun

cẹ́sta f

1. road (strip of land made suitable for travel)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	césta
gen. sing.	céste
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	césta	césti	céste
accusative	césto	césti	céste
genitive	céste	cést	cést
dative	césti	céstama	céstam
locative	césti	céstah	céstah
instrumental	césto	céstama	céstami

Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent
nom. sing.	césta
gen. sing.	cesté
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	césta	cesté	cesté
accusative	cestó	cesté	cesté
genitive	cesté	cestá	cestá
dative	césti	cestáma	cestàm
locative	césti	cestàh	cestàh
instrumental	cestó	cestáma	cestámi

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cesto. Cognate with English cist and chest.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Colombia)

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Noun

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. basket

   Synonyms: canasto, canasta

2. (Spain, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic)
3. (Mexico) laundry basket, hamper (made of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)

Derived terms

• cesta de la compra
• cesta de mimbre (“wicker basket”)

Related terms

• cesto

Further reading

• “cesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014