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Asturian
Verb
voto
- first-person singular present indicative of votar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
voto
- first-person singular present indicative of votar
Chayuco Mixtec
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish voto.
Noun
voto
- vote
References
- Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 134
Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“I vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-.
Noun
voto m (plural votos)
- vote, ballot
- suffrage, the power or right to vote
- (religion) vow
Etymology 2
Verb
voto
- first-person singular present indicative of votar
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin vōtum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvo.to/
- Rhymes: -oto
- Hyphenation: vó‧to
Noun
voto m (plural voti)
- vow
- vote, ballot
- Ogni voto conta. ― Every vote counts.
- Il voto è unanime. ― The vote is unanimous.
- mark, grade
- Presi un buon voto in inglese. ― I got a good grade in English.
- votive offering
- wish
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvo.to/
- Rhymes: -oto
- Hyphenation: vó‧to
Verb
voto
- first-person singular present indicative of votare
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔ.to/
- Rhymes: -ɔto
- Hyphenation: vò‧to
Adjective
voto (feminine vota, masculine plural voti, feminine plural vote)
- (literary or colloquial Tuscan) Alternative form of vuoto
Further reading
- voto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- voto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- voto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- voto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- voto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
vōtō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vōtus
Noun
vōtō
- dative/ablative singular of vōtum
References
- “voto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- voto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Malagasy
Etymology
Several etymologies have been proposed:
Noun
voto
- penis (male organ for copulation and urination)
- Synonyms: filahiana, lataka
References
- voto in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“to vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. Doublet of the inherited bodo (“food, money, or clothes given to the poor on holy days”) and boda (“wedding”).
Noun
voto m (plural votos)
- vote (a formalised choice)
- vote (act or instance of participating in such a choice)
- Synonym: votação
- vow (solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- Synonyms: compromisso, promessa
- an offering given during a vow
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
voto
- first-person singular present indicative of votar
Further reading
- “voto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “voto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “voto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “voto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “voto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “voto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably a learned borrowing from Latin vōtum. See also boda.
Noun
voto m (plural votos)
- vote
- voto decisivo ― swing vote
- vow
- tomar los votos ― take one's vows
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
voto
- first-person singular present indicative of votar
Further reading