voto

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See also: votó and votò

Asturian

Verb

voto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

voto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish voto.

Noun

voto

  1. 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

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“I vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewegʷʰ-.

Noun

voto m (plural votos)

  1. vote, ballot
  2. suffrage, the power or right to vote
  3. (religion) vow

Etymology 2

Verb

voto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin vōtum.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvo.to/
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Hyphenation: vó‧to

Noun

voto m (plural voti)

  1. vow
  2. vote, ballot
    Ogni voto conta. ― Every vote counts.
    Il voto è unanime. ― The vote is unanimous.
  3. mark, grade
    Presi un buon voto in inglese. ― I got a good grade in English.
  4. votive offering
  5. wish
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvo.to/
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Hyphenation: vó‧to

Verb

voto

  1. 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)

  1. (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

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vōtus

Noun

vōtō

  1. 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Several etymologies have been proposed:

Noun

voto

  1. penis (male organ for copulation and urination)
    Synonyms: filahiana, lataka

References

  • voto in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: vo‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“to vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewegʷʰ-. Doublet of the inherited bodo (“food, money, or clothes given to the poor on holy days”) and boda (“wedding”).

Noun

voto m (plural votos)

  1. vote (a formalised choice)
  2. vote (act or instance of participating in such a choice)
    Synonym: votação
  3. vow (solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
    Synonyms: compromisso, promessa
  4. an offering given during a vow
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

voto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin vōtum, probably borrowed. See also boda.

Noun

voto m (plural votos)

  1. vote
    voto decisivo ― swing vote
  2. vow
    tomar los votos ― take one's vows
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Cebuano: boto
  • → Chayuco Mixtec: voto
  • → Hiligaynon: boto
  • → Ilocano: botos
  • → Tagalog: boto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

voto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Further reading

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