cesta

cesta (plural cestas)

1. A hook-shaped basket used to catch and throw the ball in jai alai.

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

cesta f (plural cestes)

1. basket (container)

• cestu

Borrowed from Basque zesta. Doublet of cista.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈses.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈses.ta]

cesta f (plural cestes)

1. cesta, xistera (basket used in jai alai)

   Synonym: txistera

2. clipping of cesta punta

• “cesta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛsta]

• Audio:

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

cesta f (diminutive cestička or cestka)

1. road

   být na cestách ― to be on the way

   Se dala na cestu. ― She set off.

2. journey
3. path (graph theory)

• pěšina
• silnice
• stezka
• trasa

• “cesta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “cesta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “cesta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Attested since the 13th century. Inherited from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), but semantically closer to Proto-Celtic *kist-: Middle Irish cess (“basket, causeway of wickerwork, beehive”), Old Welsh cest (“basket”).

• Rhymes: -esta
• Hyphenation: ces‧ta

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. basket, specially larger ones without handles or with side handles
   • 1272, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, 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

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cesta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cesta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cesta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cesta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -esta
• Hyphenation: cé‧sta

cesta f (plural ceste)

1. basket

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

• caste, steca

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛsta/

cesta

1. feminine nominative singular of cesty

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.tɑ/

ċesta

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of ċest

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

• Homophone: sexta (Brazil)
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -estɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: ces‧ta

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. basket
   1. a lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom
   2. (basketball) a circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball

• “cesta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cesta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cesta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

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

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. (Sutsilvan) chest, trunk

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

• cista (Ikavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sěsta/

cèsta f (Cyrillic spelling цѐста)

1. road (paved)
2. highway

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

• cȅstār
• cestàrina
• cȅstica
• cèstōvnī

• ulica

• “cesta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Borrowed from Czech cesta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛs.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Syllabification: ces‧ta

cesta f

1. (Cieszyn) synonym of drōga (“road”)
   • 2013 March 30, “CO TYDZIYŃ PO NASZYMU: Obezdrzymy dzisio pieknóm dziedzine”, in Gazetacodzienna‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 August 2022:

     W postrzodku cesty, kiero kludzi łod Cieszyna do Jastrzymbio je tako szumno dziedzina co sie Ze[b]rzidowicami mianuje.

     In the middle of the road that leads from Cieszyn to Jastrzębie is a lovely village called Zebrzydowice.

• cesta in silling.org

• IPA^(key): /t͡sesta/, [ˈt͡sesta]

• Audio (Bratislava):

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• Rhymes: -esta
• Hyphenation: ces‧ta

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

cesta f (relational adjective cestný, diminutive cestička)

1. road
2. way

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cesta

1. genitive singular of cesto

• “cesta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta. First attested in the 16th century.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sèːsta/

cẹ́sta f

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

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	césta
gen. sing.	céste
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	césta	césti	céste
genitive (rodȋlnik)	céste	cést	cést
dative (dajȃlnik)	césti	céstama	céstam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	césto	césti	céste
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	césti	céstah	céstah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	césto	céstama	céstami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	césta
gen. sing.	cesté
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	césta	cesté	cesté
genitive (rodȋlnik)	cesté	cestá	cestá
dative (dajȃlnik)	césti	cestáma	cestàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	cestó	cesté	cesté
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	césti	cestàh	cestàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	cestó	cestáma	cestámi

• “cesta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “cesta”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈθesta/ [ˈθes.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsesta/ [ˈses.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: ces‧ta

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)

• → Basque: zesta
  • → Catalan: cesta

• “cesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025