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

   Synonym: Amazon river dolphin

   • 2008 April 1, Henry Fountain, “Carrying a Torch, or at Least Sprigs of Grass”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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/ [bo.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto, -o
• Hyphenation: bo‧to

boto inan

1. vote

   Synonym: boz

2. franchise, suffrage
3. (religion) vow

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbo.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbo.to]

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative of botre

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative of botar

• Hyphenation: bo‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/ [ˈbo.t̪o]
• 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/

• 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.

• bôto (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -otu
• Hyphenation: bo‧to

boto m (plural botos)

1. any dolphin, especially a freshwater one

   Synonyms: delfim, golfinho

2. (Brazil, strictly) Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)

   Synonym: boto-cor-de-rosa

• → English: boto

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese boto of unknown origin. Perhaps a Germanic borrowing, from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs, “dull, deaf”).

• bôto (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -otu
• Hyphenation: bo‧to

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 [script needed] (bhat), from Sanskrit भट्ट (bhaṭṭa).

• bôto (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -otu
• Hyphenation: bo‧to

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”).

• Rhymes: -ɔtu
• Hyphenation: bo‧to

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.

• Rhymes: -ɔtu
• Hyphenation: bo‧to

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative of botar

• “boto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “boto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “boto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “boto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/ [ˈbo.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: bo‧to
• Homophone: voto

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], 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], 10 December 2024

From English boat or Dutch boot.

• IPA^(key): /boto/, [bʊ̞tʊ̞], [bɔ̝tɔ̝]

boto

1. boat

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈboto/ [ˈboː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: bo‧to

boto (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓ)

1. vote

   Synonym: (for an election) halal

2. vow

boto (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓ)

1. (by extension, colloquial) voting up; in favor of; rooting for; supporting; approving; agreeing; vouching something or someone

   Synonyms: sang-ayon, suportado, pabor, saludo, payag

   Mukhang boto si Mama kay Daniel bilang nobyo ni Kristine.

   It seems like Mommy is in favor of Daniel as the boyfriend of Kristine.

   (literally, “It seems Mommy votes up Daniel as the boyfriend of Kristine.”)

   Boto ako sa sinabi niya.

   I'm supporting what he said.

   (literally, “I'm casting the vote to what he said.”)

• “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)