canasta

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish canasta. The game originates from Uruguay. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈnæstə/ === Noun === canasta (plural canastas) (uncountable, games, card games) A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank. (countable, card games) A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Castana == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish canasta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkaːˈnɑs.taː/ Hyphenation: ca‧nas‧ta Rhymes: -ɑstaː === Noun === canasta f (plural canasta's, no diminutive) (uncountable) canasta (Uruguayan cardgame) (countable) canasta (meld of seven cards in the above game) == Finnish == === Alternative forms === kanasta === Etymology === From Spanish canasta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑnɑstɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nɑ̝s̠tɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑnɑstɑ === Noun === canasta canasta (card game) canasta (meld of seven cards in above) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “canasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish canasta (“basket”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.nas.ta/ === Noun === canasta f (uncountable) canasta === Further reading === “canasta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Spanish canasta (“canasta; basket, hoop; laundry basket, hamper; basket”), from Latin canistrum (“wicker basket”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kaˈnasta/ [kaˈnas.t̪a] Rhymes: -asta Syllabification: ca‧nas‧ta === Noun === canasta (plural canasta-canasta) (card games) canasta === Further reading === “canasta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish canasta. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -astɐ, -aʃtɐ Hyphenation: ca‧nas‧ta === Noun === canasta f (plural canastas) (card games) canasta (game for two or four players, in which two decks of 52 cards are used, and whose objective is to obtain series of seven cards of equal value) === References === == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cannastra, from Latin canistrum. Cognate with English canister. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈnasta/ [kaˈnas.t̪a] Rhymes: -asta Syllabification: ca‧nas‧ta === Noun === canasta f (plural canastas) basket Synonyms: cesto, cesta (card games) canasta (basketball) basket, hoop (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “canasta”, 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