boto

Borrowed from Portuguese boto (“boto”), of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊtəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊtəʊ

boto (plural botos)

1. Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system
   • 2008 April 1, Henry Fountain, “Carrying a Torch, or at Least Sprigs of Grass”, in New York Times‎:

     But in a group where one boto puts on a display, there was much more tail-whacking, biting and other aggressive behavior among the males.

• boto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inia geoffrensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• BOOT, Boot, OOTB, boot

• botu

Borrowed from Spanish voto.

• IPA^(key): /boto/,

boto inan

1. vote

   Synonym: boz

2. franchise, suffrage
3. (religion) vow

• “boto”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “boto”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia)

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative of botre

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative of botar

• Hyphenation: bo‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/
• Homophone: buto (certain accents)

See buto.

boto

1. Misspelling of buto.

Borrowed from Spanish voto.

boto

1. vote

   Synonym: botar

boto

1. to vote

   Synonym: botar

(verb: to vote): Botar is often used instead due to its being a homophone of buto in certain accents.

Borrowed from English boot, French botte.

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oto
• Hyphenation: bo‧to

boto (accusative singular boton, plural botoj, accusative plural botojn)

1. boot

boto

1. frog

Either onomatopoeic, or from the same Germanic origin as Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs).^[1] Compare Dutch bot (“blunt, dull”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto̝/

boto m (plural botos)

1. Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)

   Synonym: arroaz boto

boto (feminine bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)

1. blunt, dull

From bota.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔto̝/

boto m (plural botos)

1. wineskin, waterskin

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative of botar

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “boto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “boto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

bōtō

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐍉

From Ilocano buto (“penis”).

• IPA^(key): /boto/

boto

1. penis (genital)

From Esperanto boto, English boot, French botte, Russian боти́нок (botínok), Spanish bota.

boto (plural boti)

1. boot

• boteto (“short boot, half-boot; shoe”)
• botizar (“to put boots on, boot”)

boto

1. Nonstandard spelling of bata. Romanization of ꦧꦠ

boto

1. sister

• Association pour la Promotion de la Langue Mogum, 2012, Usunoŋten nasarawe 1. Transition de mogoum en français.

boto (mutated form mboto)

1. body

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 47.

From Proto-Germanic *budô. Cognate to Old High German biotan (“to offer, send, command”).

boto m

1. messenger, envoy

• Middle High German: bote
  • German: Bote

From Dutch boot and Portuguese bote and Spanish bote.

boto

1. boat, ship, vessel

Unknown. Perhaps a borrowing from Tupi-Guarani *butu, *boto.^[1]

• bôto (obsolete)

boto m (plural botos)

1. boto (Inia geoffrensis, a freshwater dolphin of the Amazon)

   Synonym: tucuxi

2. (loosely) any dolphin, especially a freshwater one

   Synonyms: delfim, golfinho

• boto cor-de-rosa

Unknown. Perhaps a Germanic borrowing, from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs, “dull, deaf”).

• bôto (obsolete)

boto (feminine bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)

1. dull (lacking a sharp edge or point)

   Synonyms: cego, embotado, rombo

2. dull; slow (unable to think quickly)

   Synonyms: devagar, embotado, lento

From Konkani (bhat), from Sanskrit भट्ट (bhaṭṭa).

• bôto (obsolete)

boto m (plural botos)

1. (Hinduism) Bhat (Brahmin who has learned all the four Vedas)

Unknown. Perhaps from a derivative of Late Latin buttis, butta (“barrel, cask”), or otherwise related to bota (“boot”).

boto m (plural botos)

1. (regional) wineskin, water skin (container for liquids made out of animal hide)

   Synonym: odre

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative of botar

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: bo‧to
• Homophone: voto

Inherited from Old Spanish , from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs).

boto (feminine bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)

1. blunt

   Synonym: romo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative of botar

• “boto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

From English boat or Dutch boot.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/, ,

boto

1. boat

Borrowed from Spanish voto, from Latin vōtum. Doublet of boda.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈboto/
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: bo‧to

boto (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓ)

1. vote

   Synonym: halal

2. vow

• “boto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Proto-Batak *bətəh.

boto (active umboto or mamboto)

1. to know

Related to the Italian verb buttare (“to toss, fling, throw about”), from Old French bouter (“to strike”).

boto m (plural boti)

1. explosion, bang
2. thud, thump
3. toll (of a bell)