In Italian, "basketball hoop" is il canestro. It is a noun.
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Buy on SteamIn Italian, "basketball hoop" is il canestro. It is a noun. The word is spelled il canestro and pronounced as written, following Italian pronunciation rules.
Italian nouns are either masculine or feminine. The gender of il canestro is reflected in its article: il/lo (masculine) or la (feminine).
Use il canestro as you would use the equivalent noun in English. In Italian, word order and agreement rules determine how il canestro fits into a sentence.
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