# canasta
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish canasta. The game originates from Uruguay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəˈnæstə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### 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.
** 1951 July, Henry F. Tenney, “Per Stirpes and Not Per Capita: Or, What Your Clients Can Never Tell You”, in ABA Journal, page 492:“Do you know something, Fred?” she announced, “I won four dollars and eighty-five cents playing Canasta this afternoon.” “Canasta!” exclaimed Mr. Grimes, “I didn′t know you could play that silly game.”
** 2004, Gregory Bateson, “15: A Theory of Play and Fantasy”, in Henry Bial, editor, The Performance Studies Reader, page 130:Imagine, first, two players who engage in a game of canasta according to a standard set of rules. […] We may imagine, however, that at a certain moment the two canasta players cease to play canasta and start a discussion of the rules.
** 2011, Barry Rigal, Card Games For Dummies, unnumbered page:Modern American Canasta is a younger cousin of the game of Canasta I explain here.
* (countable, card games) A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta.
** 1949 December 19, “The Canasta Craze”, in Life (magazine), page 47:Groups of seven of a kind are called canastas, and before a player can go out he or his partner must have at least one canasta.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Castana

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canasta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkaːˈnɑs.taː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ca‧nas‧ta
* Rhymes: -ɑstaː

### Noun

canasta f (plural canasta's)
* (uncountable) canasta (Uruguayan cardgame)
* (countable) canasta (meld of seven cards in the above game)

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* kanasta

### Etymology

From Spanish canasta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑnɑstɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑnɑstɑ

### Noun

canasta
* canasta (card game)
* canasta (meld of seven cards in above)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of canasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
canastani
canastani
accusative
nom.
canastani
canastani
gen.
canastani
genitive
canastani
canastojeni canastaini $^{rare}$
partitive
canastaani
canastojani
inessive
canastassani
canastoissani
elative
canastastani
canastoistani
illative
canastaani
canastoihini
adessive
canastallani
canastoillani
ablative
canastaltani
canastoiltani
allative
canastalleni
canastoilleni
essive
canastanani
canastoinani
translative
canastakseni
canastoikseni
abessive
canastattani
canastoittani
instructive
comitative
—canastoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
canastasi
canastasi
accusative
nom.
canastasi
canastasi
gen.
canastasi
genitive
canastasi
canastojesi canastaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
canastaasi
canastojasi
inessive
canastassasi
canastoissasi
elative
canastastasi
canastoistasi
illative
canastaasi
canastoihisi
adessive
canastallasi
canastoillasi
ablative
canastaltasi
canastoiltasi
allative
canastallesi
canastoillesi
essive
canastanasi
canastoinasi
translative
canastaksesi
canastoiksesi
abessive
canastattasi
canastoittasi
instructive
comitative
—canastoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
canastamme
canastamme
accusative
nom.
canastamme
canastamme
gen.
canastamme
genitive
canastamme
canastojemme canastaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
canastaamme
canastojamme
inessive
canastassamme
canastoissamme
elative
canastastamme
canastoistamme
illative
canastaamme
canastoihimme
adessive
canastallamme
canastoillamme
ablative
canastaltamme
canastoiltamme
allative
canastallemme
canastoillemme
essive
canastanamme
canastoinamme
translative
canastaksemme
canastoiksemme
abessive
canastattamme
canastoittamme
instructive
comitative
—canastoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
canastanne
canastanne
accusative
nom.
canastanne
canastanne
gen.
canastanne
genitive
canastanne
canastojenne canastainne $^{rare}$
partitive
canastaanne
canastojanne
inessive
canastassanne
canastoissanne
elative
canastastanne
canastoistanne
illative
canastaanne
canastoihinne
adessive
canastallanne
canastoillanne
ablative
canastaltanne
canastoiltanne
allative
canastallenne
canastoillenne
essive
canastananne
canastoinanne
translative
canastaksenne
canastoiksenne
abessive
canastattanne
canastoittanne
instructive
comitative
—canastoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
canastansa
canastansa
accusative
nom.
canastansa
canastansa
gen.
canastansa
genitive
canastansa
canastojensa canastainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
canastaansa
canastojaan canastojansa
inessive
canastassaan canastassansa
canastoissaan canastoissansa
elative
canastastaan canastastansa
canastoistaan canastoistansa
illative
canastaansa
canastoihinsa
adessive
canastallaan canastallansa
canastoillaan canastoillansa
ablative
canastaltaan canastaltansa
canastoiltaan canastoiltansa
allative
canastalleen canastallensa
canastoilleen canastoillensa
essive
canastanaan canastanansa
canastoinaan canastoinansa
translative
canastakseen canastaksensa
canastoikseen canastoiksensa
abessive
canastattaan canastattansa
canastoittaan canastoittansa
instructive
comitative
—canastoineen canastoinensa :

### Further reading

* “canasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canasta (“basket”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.nas.ta/
* Audio:(file)

### 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: /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, 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈnas.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈnas.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kaˈnaʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈnas.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈnaʃ.tɐ/
* 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

* ↑ “canasta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “canasta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin canistrum. Cognate with English canister.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* canasta de mimbre (“wicker basket”)

#### Related terms

* canastillo
* canasto

#### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: кана́ста (kanásta)
* → Czech: kanasta
* → Dutch: canasta
* → English: canasta
* → Finnish: canasta, kanasta
* → French: canasta
* → German: Canasta
* → Hebrew: קנסטה
* → Hungarian: kanaszta
* → Macedonian: кана́ста (kanásta)
* → Norwegian Bokmål: canasta
* → Polish: kanasta
* → Portuguese: canasta
* → Russian: кана́ста (kanásta)

### Further reading

* “canasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10