botón

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See also: boton

Asturian

Noun

botón m (plural botones)

  1. button
  2. bud (of a leaf or flower)

Related terms

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

13th century. Probably from Old French bouton.

Pronunciation

Noun

botón m (plural botóns)

  1. button
    • 1321, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 119:
      Iten xvi botoes que ten Fernan Peres de Meyra por v mor. Iten outros xvi botoes que ten Juana
      Item, 16 buttons that are kept by Fernán Pérez de Meira, by 5 mor. Item, another 16 buttons that are kept by Xoana
  2. bud (of a leaf or flower)
  3. sucker (of a cephalopod)

Derived terms

References

  • “botoadura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “boto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “boton” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “botón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “botón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from botar, or from Old French bouton. Compare Italian bottone, Portuguese botão.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈton/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: bo‧tón

Noun

botón m (plural botones)

  1. button (clothing, mechanical)
    darle al botón ― to press a button
  2. key (on a musical instrument)
  3. bud (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded)
  4. (slang, Argentina) cop

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: butones
  • → Guaraní: votõ
  • → Tagalog: boton, botones
  • → Taos: bùtún-

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