cesta

/ˈθesta/ · B2 · noun · f

basket

cesta — basket

🧺 cesta sounds like siesta: a basket where laundry takes a long nap

Cesta rhymes with siesta, and both end in -esta. Think of clothes in the hamper as resting there until wash day, a siesta for laundry. The same word covers a plain basket and a laundry hamper.

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