cesta

→ Basque: zesta

→ Catalan: cesta

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

(Spain, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic)

(Mexico) laundry basket, hamper (made of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)


olla

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Inherited from Old Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, from Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”).

der

pot, pan; kettle (vessel used for cooking food)


vaso

→ Basque: baso

→ Hiligaynon: baso

→ Kapampangan: basu

→ Karao: baso

→ Maguindanao: basu

→ Tagalog: baso

→ Tausug: basu

Inherited from Old Spanish vaso, from Latin vāsum, from vās.

vessel (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)


zafacón

zafacones (plural)
safacón (alternative)

Possibly from English Save a can, a WWII slogan accompanying the many recycling containers, but this origin is disputed with others citing an Arabic origin which better matches the spelling starting with z, rather than s.

(Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Panama) wastebasket, trashcan, garbage can, waste container


caja

→ Cebuano: kaha

→ Tagalog: kaha

Probably borrowed from Catalan caixa or Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. (Latin /-ps-/ yields palatal outcomes in the latter two, but not in Spanish; cf. Latin ipse > Sp. ese, Catalan eixe.) Related to English case and cash and, more distantly, Spanish quijada.


jarra

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthern receptacle”), cognate with Catalan gerra, French jarre, Italian giara and English jar.


jarro

→ Cebuano: saro

→ Highland Popoluca: xa̱nu

→ Jakaltek: ẍalu

→ Rayón Zoque: šalu

→ Tagalog: saro, haro

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xölo

→ Tzotzil: xalu


jarrón

From jarro + -ón (augmentative suffix). Displaced Latin vāsum.

vase (container used for displaying flowers)


jaula

→ Tagalog: hawla

→ Cebuano: halwa

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xöola

Borrowed from Old French jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive from Latin cavea. Compare gayola, an inherited doublet. Cognates include English jail.


jícara

→ Catalan: xicra

→ English: jicara

→ Galician: xícara

→ Italian: chicchera
→ Maltese: kikkra

→ Portuguese: xícara

→ Sardinian: cìcara

→ Sicilian: cìcara

→ Venetan: cìcara

From older form xícara, borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xīcalli.

a small faience container used to serve hot chocolate or other hot beverages

Crescentia cujete
Crescentia cujete#Translingual

(Latin America) a small, woody container, typically made from the fruit of the calabash tree (Crescentia cujete) or Mexican calabash (Crescentia alata) and used (especially in rural Mexico) to serve hot food in order to preserve its temperature

(Mexico, US, Central America, Philippines) calabash

(Spain) Part, or square, of a flat chocolate bar, which can be broken off easily (especially in Andalusia and Murcia)


botella

→ Bikol Central: botelya

⇒ Bikol Central: bote

→ Catalan: botella

→ Cebuano: botelya

→ Tagalog: botelya (dated)

Tagalog: bote

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: botieya

→ Taos: butéyoną (+ -ną)

→ Yatzachi Zapotec: botey

→ Ye'kwana: joteya

→ Yogad: butelya

→ Yurok: poteya

Borrowed from French bouteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask, barrel”). Doublet of botija. Cognate with English bottle.


taza

→ O'odham: ta꞉sa

→ Portuguese: taça

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: taas

→ Tagalog: tasa

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic طَاس, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt); see there for more information. More at tejer, tela, telera, and tecno, which all may come from the same Indo-European root.


maleta

→ Bikol Central: maleta

→ Central Tarahumara: maleta

→ Cebuano: maleta

> Chavacano: maleta (inherited)

→ Tagalog: maleta

→ Tausug: malita

→ Yakan: maleta

From mala (“suitcase”, originally referred to a larger item like a chest or trunk) + -eta (diminutive suffix).


frasco

Inherited from Latin flascō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ; see also Old High German flasca, Old Norse flaska, English flask. Doublet of fiasco. Cognate with English flask.


lata

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: löta

Likely from Vulgar Latin *latta, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, but uncertain. Compare French latte, English lath.

(Colombia, Ecuador) an oven-safe metal container

an oven-safe metal container
baking sheet


barril

Borrowed from French baril. As an English unit, calqued from English barrel.

barrel (large container made of wood staves bound with metal rings or an equivalent container)


cubo

(Spain, Cuba) bucket, pail (a container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items)


cesto

Inherited from Latin cista. Doublet of cesta. Cognate with English cist and chest.

quien hace un cesto hará ciento, si le dan mimbres y tiempo

(Andes, Honduras, Paraguay) laundry basket, hamper (made of any material including plastic)

(Rioplatense, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua) laundry basket, hamper, mesh pop-up hamper (not made of plastic but rather consists of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)


ataúd

Borrowed from Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Portuguese ataúde.

Borrego al ataúd
Ingredientes:
borrego o carnero
mantequilla
mostaza […]

2000, Paulina del Moral, Alicia Siller V., Recetario mascogo de Coahuila, page 63:

Cerca de las 5 de la tarde los papás se juntan en un terreno baldío que está entre nuestras casas; ponen la leña y empiezan a preparar borrego o cabrito al ataúd; a veces carne asada. Otro prepara elotes en unaolla enorme.

2013, Laura Armida Gutiérrez Garz, Niños...Niñas...: Sus Juegos Y Aventuras:

Sí ha cambiado porque en los años 70s en la región había muchas cabras, y era muy frecuente que la gente los vendiera en las calles, había excedente, y se ofrecía a bajos precios y cualquier persona lo podía consumir. Había personas que lo vendían en carretón o bicicletas, pero actualmente no cualquier persona lo sabe preparar, y lo hacen al ataúd (porque es más fácil).

2017 July 3, Alejandra Mendoza, ESPECIAL “En los años 70 el cabrito se vendía en las calles y muy barato”, in El Financiero, quoting Jesús Gerardo Martínez González

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

El lechón al ataúd tiene diferentes versiones, pero siempre es un cochinillo pequeño que se puede hacer al horno, a la parrilla o empalado si es un asadero de pollos. Este previamente se impregna unas horas de achiote, jugo de limón y sal.

2019, Víctor Manuel, El gusto es mío, Aguilar, →ISBN:

(chiefly Latin America) a metal or (lined) wooden oven for roasting or smoking food outdoors (compare caja china)


estuche

Borrowed from Occitan estug, from Occitan estujar, from Latin studium. Compare Catalan estoig. Doublet of estudio.

(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) love handle, spare tyre (a large paunch and rolls of fat around the thighs)


biberón

→ Cebuano: biberon


canasto

canastos (plural)
canastro (alternative)

→ Dutch: kanaster, knaster

→ English: canaster

→ German: Knaster
→ English: knaster

→? Traveller Norwegian: knaster

From Latin cānastrum. Cognate with English canister.

(Andalusia, Rioplatense, Chile) laundry basket, hamper (made of any kind of material)


cuba

Inherited from Old Spanish cuba, from Latin cūpa, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Doublet of copa, via the Latin variant cŭppa.


paquete

(colloquial, Spain) lunchbox (male genitals enclosed in clothing)


barrica

From Gascon Occitan barrique, from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”).


baúl

Borrowed from French bahut. Compare Catalan baül.


cubeta

→ Tagalog: kubeta

(Honduras, Mexico) bucket, pail (container)


guacal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huacalli.


petaca

→ Bikol Central: pitaka

→ Tagalog: pitaka

→ Tausug: pitaka'

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl petlācalli (“woven wicker hamper”), from petlatl (“woven mat”) + ācalli (“boat”), from ātl (“water”) + calli (“house, structure”).

hip flask (a container designed to hold small amounts of alcohol, especially spirits, for personal consumption on the go)


cofre

Borrowed from French coffre. Cognate with English coffer. Doublet of cuévano.

bonnet, hood (engine compartment of a car)


borracha

→ Italian: borraccia

→ Portuguese: borracha

→ Hunsrik: Borasch

From Catalan morratxa (“flask”), influenced by morro (“snout”), from older marraixa (“carafe”).


cáliz

Borrowed from Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux).


aguamanil

Inherited from Late Latin aquamanīle, from Latin aqua (“water”), and the root of manus (“hand”). Compare Portuguese gomil, agomil.


alcancía

→ Cebuano: alkansiya

→ Hiligaynon: alkansiya

→ Maranao: alkansiya

→ Tagalog: alkansiya

→ Tausug: alkansiya

→ Yakan: alkansiya

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic *اَلْكَنْزِيَّة (*al-kanziyya), derived from Arabic كَنْز (kanz, “treasure”), of Iranian origin. Cognate with Portuguese alcanzia.

*اَلْكَنْزِيَّة

der+

(Latin America, Philippines, Canary Islands, Andalusia) piggy bank


gaveta

Borrowed from Italian gavetta, from Latin găbata.

drawer (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)


tarro

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تاقرة (tāqra, “milking pail”), which is also found as a liquid measure tagra rarely in Galician-Portuguese, in Old Spanish tagara (“bowl”) and Old Leonese tagara, tagarra (“bowl”), and in Spanish tarreñas, tarrañuelas (“two pieces of slate or earthenware placed between the fingers to rattle”), and is ultimately one of the many variants of Latin tēgula (“a tile also for frying”), which is found in the meaning of a jar for example in Macedonian тегла (tegla, “jar”). Doublet of teja.


caldero

→ Bikol Central: kaldero

→ Cebuano: kaldero

→ Tagalog: kaldero

From Late Latin caldāria, caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldera.


cantimplora

Borrowed from Catalan cantimplora (literally “it sings and it cries”).


tonel

From Old French tonel (“barrel”), diminutive of tone (“large barrel”), from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Galician and Portuguese tonel and Catalan tona.

Al contrario, con lastre se tiene uno mejor en pie. Es que no existo. Mira, ahora poco, al cenar me parecía como si todo eso me fuese cayendo desde la boca en un tonel sin fondo.


ánfora

Borrowed from Latin amphora, from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús).


pichel

Compare Galician pichel, Occitan pichier, French pichier, English pitcher, Tagalog pitsel, Cebuano pitsel, Bikol Central pitsel.


itacate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ihtacatl (“provisions”).


chiquihuite

chiquihuites (plural)
chiquigüite (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chiquihuitl (“basket”).

(Guatemala, Mexico) a small, handleless woven wicker or reed basket


féretro

Learned borrowing from Latin feretrum, from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron).


espuerta

Inherited from Latin sporta (“plaited basket, hamper”).

inh+

hamper, two-handled basket (a plaited basket with two handles, usually made from esparto grass or palm leaves)


tabaque

From Andalusian Arabic طَبَق (ṭabáq), from Arabic طَبَق (ṭabaq, “plate”).


caja de seguridad

es-noun

caja de seguridad f (plural cajas de seguridad)


damajuana

From dama + Juana, calque of French dame-jeanne.


cuévano

Inherited from Latin cophinus (“hamper, basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Compare Portuguese côvão, Italian cofano, French coffre. Doublet of cofre.


lapicero

From lápiz (“pencil”) + -ero (relatonal suffx).

af

(Central America, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, south and southwestern Mexico, Peru, Venezuela) pen

(central Mexico) mechanical pencil (Canada, US), propelling pencil (UK)


botija

→ Catalan: botija

→ English: botija

→ Portuguese: botija

→ Tagalog: botiha, butisa

Inherited from Late Latin butticula. Doublet of botella, which comes from French bouteille; see also English bottle.


cajete

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl caxitl (“bowl, basin”).

bor+

(Mexico) a bowl, basin or similar container


cántaro

From Latin cantharus (“cantharus”), from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).

tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe


cofín

To be put together with Catalan cofí and French coffin, couffin. Unclear relations.
# the Spanish and Catalan have been considered borrowed from Arabic قُفَّة (quffa, “basket”), also present in Spanish cofa, Catalan cofa, Portuguese alcofa, which borrowing would have to be suffixed + -ín;
# or they may be borrowed from a faulty Medieval Latin pronunciation of Latin cophinus where the penultimate syllable is stressed, contrary to antiquity, and thus a doublet of cuévano;
# or Old French cofin (“basket”) borrowed perhaps via Old Occitan coffin from Latin cophinus (the inherited Old French form is cofre whence Spanish cofre) gave rise to the word in Catalan and Spanish – just as it went into English coffin –, which would explain the stress. However on the contrary the likeness of the French word may be the effect of it having been borrowed from Latin cophinus or from the Old Occitan word in turn borrowed from this Latin or suffixed from that Arabic.

unk

Unclear


capacho

Variant of capazo, from Latin capācem (“wide, roomy, capacious”).


búcaro

→ Italian: bucchero, buccaro (archaic)

Borrowed from Portuguese púcaro, from Old Galician-Portuguese pucaro, from Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”), from Proto-Italic *pōtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom, derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”). Doublet of póculo.


alcántara

Borrowed from Arabic القَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara).


acetre

Borrowed from Arabic سَطْل (saṭl), via Andalusian Arabic. Doublet of sítula.


tecomate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tecomatl (“gourd-shaped vessel”).

a dry calabash used as a bottle or canteen


cartuchera

(colloquial, usually in the plural) love handle


zafra

Said to be from Arabic صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ, “yellow”) because of its being made of brass (Arabic صُفْر (ṣufr), whence Spanish azófar). The resemblance with Arabic صَفَّى (ṣaffā, “to filter”), مِصْفاة (miṣfāh, “colander”) is then coincidental.


botijo

→ English: botijo

Al paso que van, no dudo que habrá que establecer trenes botijos para presidiarios reconocidos inocentes, después de haber pasado un cuarto de siglo trabajando bajo un sol que no alumbra

c. 1907, Luis Bonafoux, Gotas de sangre: crímenes y criminales:


pozuelo

According to Coromines and Pascual, a variant of pocillo (“small bowl”) with a change of diminutive suffix to -uelo, therefore ultimately a term derived from Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”). First attested in the late 19th century.
This term is commonly mentioned as an inherited descendant of Latin puteolus (“small well, pit”) (e.g. by Ralph Penny in A History of the Spanish Language, 1991), or alternatively by surface analysis, pozo + -uelo (e.g. by Real Academia Española), but Coromines and Pascual reject the etymology due to semantic difficulties.

Aunque actualmente se acomete en varios municipios cubanos un importante plan de reparación en estos sitios, aún muchos de ellos no son lugares tan acogedores como se espera, y los ancianos prefieren regresar a casa con almuerzo y comida en los pozuelos, y alimentarse allá, solos.

2017 March 13, “¿Servir comida y ya?”, in Juventud Rebelde:

Although a significant reparation plan is being undertaken in numerous Cuban towns, many of them are still not as hospitable as expected, and the elderly prefer to return home with food in their bowls, and eat there, alone.


copela

From Medieval Latin cūpella, diminutive of Latin cūpa (“cask”).


tanate

(Mexico) a palm-leaf basket carried on the back; tenate


tahalí

Borrowed from Arabic تَهْلِيل (tahlīl), whose original meaning of 'cheer', 'praise' was applied first to the wooden boxes Muslims used to carry their Qurans in and, then, to the straps used to cinch such boxes to their torsos.

Junto a mí, un soldado veterano de barba entrecana sacó el Corán de un precioso tahalí de cuero repujado y, a la luz de una fogata, comenzó a leer.

2014, Marceliano Galiano, El aroma del arrayán:

Next to me, a veteran soldier with a graying beard took the Quran from a lovely reliquary of embossed leather, and, by the light of a campfire, started to read.

(historical) reliquary; small case (for soldiers to carry a Quran)


guardajoyas

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to keep; to guard (originally)”) + joyas (“jewels”).

es-verb-obj

guardar<t:to keep; to guard (originally)>


cumbo

Cadenas, cumbos, latas y laminas troqueladas , forman parte de los utensilios que son utilizados por los jóvenes, quienes esperan con ansias el 1 de noviembre para recorrer, con su creación, las calles de Tonacatepeque.

2016 October 31, “Descubra el municipio que será poseído por los espíritus”, in elsalvador.com:

(Central America) a pumpkin used to carry water


coscomate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cuezcomatl (“earthen vessel used to store grain”).

bor+

(Mexico) a closed earthenware vessel used to store corn


bote de basura

es-noun

bote de basura m (plural botes de basura)


sítula

Borrowed from Latin situla. Doublet of acetre.


cálato

From Latin calathus, from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos). Doublet of calaje.