encestar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From en- +‎ cesta (“basket”) +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === === Verb === encestar (first-person singular present encesto, first-person singular preterite encestei, past participle encestado) to throw something into a basket (basketball) to score a basket to punch out (to repeatedly hit someone or something) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “encestar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “encestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From en- +‎ cesto +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enθesˈtaɾ/ [ẽn̟.θesˈt̪aɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ensesˈtaɾ/ [ẽn.sesˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: en‧ces‧tar === Verb === encestar (first-person singular present encesto, first-person singular preterite encesté, past participle encestado) to score a basket ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “encestar”, 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