botar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French boter, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bōtan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botí, past participle botat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive) to bounce, to bound

   Synonym: botre

2. (transitive) to leap over

   Synonym: saltar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• botafoc
• botavant

Further reading

• “botar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish votar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈtaɾ/,

Noun

botar

1. vote

   Synonym: boto

Verb

botar

1. to vote

   Synonym: boto

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese botar, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), from Frankish *bautan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, strike, hew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈtar/
• Hyphenation: bo‧tar

Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botei, past participle botado)

1. to throw

   Synonym: lanzar

2. to expel
   • 1444, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 170:

     Este dia ẽno dito Conçello, o dito Sueiro Gomes requereu aos ditos juis, alcaldes jurados que por quanto se cometera hũu reto ontre Sueiro de Remiron e Rui de Portas, e eles non eran vesiños nen moradores ẽna dita villa, e por rason que eles nen cada ũu deles non bolvesen roido nen fesesen ajuntamento de omes ẽna dita vila para que aos vesiños e moradores da dita vila non viese dapno algũu nen asimesmo a noso señor deserviçio algũu, que el botara fora da dita vila ao dito Sueiro de Remiron, e por ende que lles requeria que logo fesesen asimesmo botar fora da dita vila ao dito Rui de Portas para que fesesen seus retos fora da dita vila.

   Synonyms: expeler, expulsar

3. to put out
   • 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Arauxo, Entremés famoso sobre da pesca do río Miño, page 15:

     Boteille catorce dentes fóra coa cachiporra [...] O lombo lle vai triscando

     I put out of him fourteen teeth with the club his back is cracking as he walks away

   Synonym: sacar

4. to add
5. to serve
6. to sow
   • 1473, Romaní Martínez, Miguel / Rodríguez Suárez, Mª del Pilar (2003): Libro tumbo de pergamino. Un códice medieval del monasterio de Oseira. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo, page 67:

     Item aforam a Alvaro d ' Outeyro, a seu padre et a tres vozes o lugar d'Outeyro, a de botar tres fanegas de semente et dar todo de quarto et oyto maravedis de dereytura et hum par de gallinas cada anno, et se non britar et lavrar que perca o foro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

7. to launch (a ship)
8. to bounce

Conjugation

Derived terms

• a cona que te botou
• botar por fóra (“to overflow”)
• desbotar (“to discard”)

References

• “botar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “botar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “botar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “botar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “botar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “botar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “botar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan

Etymology

Ultimately of Germanic origin; compare French bouter.

Pronunciation

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Verb

botar

1. to put; to place

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	boti	botas	bota	botam	botatz	botan
	imperfect	botavi	botavas	botava	botàvem	botàvetz	botavan
	preterite	botèri	botères	botèt	botèrem	botèretz	botèron
	future	botarai	botaràs	botarà	botarem	botaretz	botaràn
	conditional	botariái	botariás	botariá	botariam	botariatz	botarián
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bote	botes	bote	botem	botetz	boten
	imperfect	botèssi	botèsses	botèsse	botèssem	botèssetz	botèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botem	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	bote	botes	bota	botam	botatz	boton
	imperfect	botave	botaves	botava	botaviam	botaviatz	botavon
	preterite	botere	boteres	botet	botem	botetz	boteron
	future	botarai	botaràs	botará	botarem	botaretz	botarán
	conditional	botariá	botariás	botariá	botariam	botariatz	botarián
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bote	botes	bote	botassiam	botassiatz	boton
	imperfect	botesse	botesses	botesse	botessiam	botessiatz	botesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botassiam	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	boti	botas	bota	botam	botatz	botan
	imperfect	botavi	botavas	botava	botàvam	botàvatz	botavan
	preterite	botèi	botès	botè	botèm	botètz	botèn
	future	botarèi	botaràs	botarà	botaram	botaratz	botaràn
	conditional	botarí	botarés	botaré	botarem	botaretz	botarén
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	boti	botes	bote	botem	botetz	boten
	imperfect	botèssi	botèsses	botèsse	botèssem	botèssetz	botèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botem	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	bote	botas	bota	botam	botatz	botan
	imperfect	botava	botavas	botava	botàvam	botàvatz	botavan
	preterite	botei	boteras	botet	botèram	botèratz	boteran
	future	botarai	botaràs	botará	botarem	botaretz	botarán
	conditional	botariá	botariàs	botariá	botariam	botariatz	botarián
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bote	botes	bote	botem	botetz	boten
	imperfect	botèsse	botèsses	botèsse	botèssem	botèssetz	botèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botem	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	bote	botes	bota	botam	botatz	botan
	imperfect	botavi	botavas	botava	botàvem	botàvetz	botavan
	preterite	botère	botères	botèt	boteriam	boteriatz	botèron
	future	botarai	botaràs	botarà	botarem	botaretz	botaràn
	conditional	botariáu	botariás	botariá	botariam	botariatz	botarián
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bote	botes	bote	botem	botetz	botan
	imperfect	botèsse	botèsses	botèsse	botessiam	botessiatz	botèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botem	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese botar, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), from Frankish *bautan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, strike, hew”).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: votar (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: bo‧tar

Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botei, past participle botado)

1. (informal) to put
   1. (informal) to lay (an egg)
2. (informal) to throw

Conjugation

Descendants

• Macanese: botâ

Romanian

Etymology

From botă +‎ -ar.

Noun

botar m (plural botari)

1. barrelmaker

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Via Old French boter (“to strike”) (modern French bouter), from Frankish *buttan, from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, strike”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-.

Compare French bouter, Portuguese botar and Italian buttare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bo‧tar
• Homophone: votar

Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite boté, past participle botado)

1. to bounce
2. (Latin America) to throw, throw away

   Synonyms: echar, tirar

3. (Latin America) to fire, dismiss

   Synonyms: despedir, echar

4. (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) to buck, throw (a rider or pack) by bucking

   Synonym: corcovear

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “botar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology 1

Form of bota (“to heal”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.tar/

Verb

botar

1. present indicative of bota

Related terms

• bota

Etymology 2

Noun

botar

1. indefinite plural of bot

Anagrams

• abort, borta