roto

See also: rotó, rotò, and rōtō

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Etymology 1

Clipping.

Noun

roto (countable and uncountable, plural rotos)

(countable, uncountable) Clipping of rotogravure.
(US, sports, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie baseball.
- 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: confession of a fantasy football junkie:
  "But that's just not an exciting quote, so they put on that roto baseball guy saying disparaging things about fantasy football," Emil concedes, referring to a roto baseball expert that HBO interviewed for the piece […]
- 1997, BGI bill, “Looking for Rules and Regulations for roto baseball league”, in pdaxs.sports.baseball (Usenet):
  Looking to find someone who has a comprehensive list of rules and regulations for Roto baseball.
(US, sports, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie sports.

Verb

roto (third-person singular simple present rotos, present participle rotoing, simple past and past participle rotoed)

(informal) Clipping of rotoscope.

Etymology 2

Spanish roto.

Noun

roto (plural rotos)

(countable) A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.

Anagrams

Root, Toor, Toro, root, toro, troo

'Are'are

Noun

roto

fruit

Verb

roto

to swim

Synonyms

(to swim): para'au

References

Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

roto

first-person singular present indicative of rotar (“to belch”)

Etymology 2

Verb

roto

first-person singular present indicative of rotar (“to rotate, to turn”)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish roto (“broken”).

Adjective

roto

torn

Esperanto

Greek Alphabet
Ρρ	Previous:	pio kopo
Ρρ	Next:	sigmo

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

Roto

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥῶ (rhô, “the letter Ρ”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈroto/
Hyphenation: ro‧to
Rhymes: -oto

Noun

roto (accusative singular roton, plural rotoj, accusative plural rotojn)

rho

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rota, French roue, Italian ruota, Spanish rueda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈroto/

Noun

roto (plural roti)

wheel

Derived terms

quarrota veturo (“four-wheeled vehicle”)
rotaro (“wheels, wheel works, wheel movement”)
rotatre marchar (“to go heels over head”)
roteskarto (“gauge: distance between the wheels”)
roto-tormentar (“to break (on a wheel)”)
rotofelgo (“felloe, felly, rim”)
rotonabo (“hub, nave”)
rotosulko (“rut”)

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rotō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

roto

grove

Inflection

Even o-stem, t-đ gradation

Nominative

roto

Genitive

rođo

Singular

Plural

Nominative

roto

Accusative

Genitive

Illative

Locative

Comitative

Abessive

Essive

Partitive

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	—	—	—
2nd person	—	—	—
3rd person	—	—	—

Italian

Verb

roto

first-person singular present indicative of rotare

Anagrams

Toro, orto, orto-, toro

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rotāō. Equivalent to rota (“wheel”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.toː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.to/,

Verb

rotō (present infinitive rotāre, perfect active rotāvī, supine rotātum); first conjugation

(transitive and intransitive) to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish

Conjugation

Conjugation of rotō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rotō	rotās	rotat	rotāmus	rotātis	rotant
	imperfect	rotābam	rotābās	rotābat	rotābāmus	rotābātis	rotābant
	future	rotābō	rotābis	rotābit	rotābimus	rotābitis	rotābunt
	perfect	rotāvī	rotāvistī	rotāvit	rotāvimus	rotāvistis	rotāvērunt, rotāvēre
	pluperfect	rotāveram	rotāverās	rotāverat	rotāverāmus	rotāverātis	rotāverant
	future perfect	rotāverō	rotāveris	rotāverit	rotāverimus	rotāveritis	rotāverint
passive	present	rotor	rotāris, rotāre	rotātur	rotāmur	rotāminī	rotantur
	imperfect	rotābar	rotābāris, rotābāre	rotābātur	rotābāmur	rotābāminī	rotābantur
	future	rotābor	rotāberis, rotābere	rotābitur	rotābimur	rotābiminī	rotābuntur
	perfect	rotātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	rotātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	rotātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rotem	rotēs	rotet	rotēmus	rotētis	rotent
	imperfect	rotārem	rotārēs	rotāret	rotārēmus	rotārētis	rotārent
	perfect	rotāverim	rotāverīs	rotāverit	rotāverīmus	rotāverītis	rotāverint
	pluperfect	rotāvissem	rotāvissēs	rotāvisset	rotāvissēmus	rotāvissētis	rotāvissent
passive	present	roter	rotēris, rotēre	rotētur	rotēmur	rotēminī	rotentur
	imperfect	rotārer	rotārēris, rotārēre	rotārētur	rotārēmur	rotārēminī	rotārentur
	perfect	rotātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	rotātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rotā	—	—	rotāte	—
active	future	—	rotātō	rotātō	—	rotātōte	rotantō
passive	present	—	rotāre	—	—	rotāminī	—
passive	future	—	rotātor	rotātor	—	—	rotantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rotāre	rotāvisse	rotātūrum esse	rotārī	rotātum esse	rotātum īrī
participles		rotāns	—	rotātūrus	—	rotātus	rotandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rotandī	rotandō	rotandum	rotandō	rotātum	rotātū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Inherited:
- Catalan: rodar
- French: rouer
- Italian: ruotare, rotare
- Occitan: rodar
  - → French: rôder
- Portuguese: rodar
- Spanish: rodar
Borrowed:
- → Danish: rotere
- → Dutch: roteren
- → English: rotate
  - → Finnish: rotatoida
- → German: rotieren
- → Portuguese: rotar
- → Spanish: rotar
  - → Catalan: rotar

References

“roto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“roto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
roto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
roto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Tahitian roto, Tongan loto).

Noun

roto

Preposition

roto

in, within

References

Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 428

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan	ꦫꦺꦴꦠꦺꦴ
Roman	roto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈro.to/

Noun

roto

egg of ant

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.tɔ/
Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
Syllabification: ro‧to

Noun

roto f

vocative singular of rota

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Irregular past participle of romper. From Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.tu/

Adjective

roto (feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)

torn, ruptured
tattered, ragged

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu/

Participle

roto (short participle, feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)

past participle of rotar

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu/

Verb

roto

first-person singular present indicative of rotar

Shona

Etymology

From -oto (“dreams”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

roto^? class ?

dream

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈroto/
Rhymes: -oto
Syllabification: ro‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō. Irregular past participle of romper.

Adjective

roto (feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)

broken
Si no está roto, no lo arregles. ― If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
corrupt, rotten
(Chile) vulgar, low-class, classless
ruptured

Derived terms

Noun

roto m (plural rotos, feminine rota, feminine plural rotas)

a broken thing or person
(sometimes derogatory) a Chilean

Derived terms

Participle

roto (feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)

past participle of romper

Usage notes

It never means broken down, although may sound like a synonym when failure is caused by a fall, crash, impact, etc., that makes the object divide. For the meaning of broken down, see descompuesto, averiado, dañado.