boto

See also: botó, bôto, and bötö

English

A boto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbəʊtəʊ/

Noun

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.

See also

Anagrams


Catalan

Verb

boto

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of botre

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish voto.

Noun

boto

  1. vote

Verb

boto

  1. to vote

Etymology 2

Noun

boto

  1. Misspelling of buto.

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English boot, French botte.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. boot

Fijian

Noun

boto

  1. frog

Galician

Boto or arroaz boto

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboto̝/

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

  1. Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)
    Synonym: arroaz boto

Adjective

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

  1. blunt, dull

Etymology 2

From bota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔto̝/

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

  1. wineskin, waterskin

References

  • boto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • boto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • boto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • boto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. boto.

Gothic

Romanization

bōtō

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐍉

Ido

Etymology

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

Noun

boto (plural boti)

  1. boot

Derived terms

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

Old High German

Etymology

Cognate to Old High German biotan (to offer, send, command).

Noun

boto m

  1. messenger, envoy

Descendants


Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch boot and Portuguese bote and Spanish bote

Noun

boto

  1. boat, ship, vessel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Nouns and adjective:

Verb:

Etymology 1

Unknown

Alternative forms

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

  1. boto (Inia geoffrensis, a freshwater dolphin of the Amazon)
  2. (loosely) any dolphin, especially a freshwater one
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Unknown

Alternative forms

Adjective

boto m (feminine singular bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas, comparable)

  1. dull (lacking a sharp edge or point)
  2. dull; slow (unable to think quickly)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

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

Etymology 4

Verb

boto

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of botar

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboto/, [ˈbot̪o]

Adjective

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

  1. blunt

Verb

boto

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of botar.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Noun

boto

  1. boat

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish voto.

Noun

boto

  1. vote

Derived terms


Venetian

Noun

boto m (plural boti)

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