Meaning
basketball
- the sport of basketball
In a sentence
Mio fratello gioca a pallacanestro da tre anni.
My brother has been playing basketball for three years.
Ti va di vedere una partita di pallacanestro stasera?
Do you want to watch a basketball game tonight?
Non sono molto bravo a pallacanestro.
I am not very good at basketball.
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pallacanestro | feminine · singular |
| pallacanestro | feminine · plural |
| pallacanestro | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Feminine noun (la pallacanestro).
- Commonly replaced by the English loanword 'basket' in informal spoken Italian.