In Mexican Spanish, "basketball" is el baloncesto. It is a noun.
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el baloncesto is written using the Latin alphabet. Pronounce each syllable clearly, following Mexican Spanish pronunciation rules.
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Buy on SteamIn Mexican Spanish, "basketball" is el baloncesto. It is a noun. The word is spelled el baloncesto and pronounced as written, following Mexican Spanish pronunciation rules.
el baloncesto is typically masculine in Spanish. In Spanish, nouns have grammatical gender that affects article choice: use el (singular) or los (plural) with masculine nouns.
Use el baloncesto as you would use the equivalent noun in English. In Mexican Spanish, word order and agreement rules determine how el baloncesto fits into a sentence.
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