boate

English

Noun

boate (plural boates)

1. Obsolete spelling of boat.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VI.] The Iland Taprobane.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 129:

     But afterwards, for that the boates and veſſels uſed upon this ſea in the paſſage thither, were made and wound of papyr reeds like thoſe of the river Nilus, […]

Anagrams

• Beato, Tae Bo, TaeBo

Latin

Verb

boāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of boō

Portuguese

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boate

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Alternative forms

• boîte (unadapted form)

Etymology

Borrowed from French boîte, clipping of boîte de nuit (“nightclub”). Doublet of bússola and boceta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈa.t͡ʃi/, /buˈa.t͡ʃi/ [bʊˈa.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈa.t͡ʃi/, /buˈa.t͡ʃi/ [bʊˈa.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈa.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbwa.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Portugal) -atɨ
• Hyphenation: bo‧a‧te

Noun

boate f (plural boates)

1. nightclub (establishment that is open late at night)

   Synonym: clube noturno

   • 2022 May 19, “Qual a diferença entre casa noturna e boate?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

     Não há nenhuma diferença clara entre casa noturna e boate no dicionário.

     There is no clear difference between a nightclub and a club in the dictionary.

   • 2018 April 15, Silas Martí, “'Pornô humanista' e strip-tease sem nudez agitam vida cultural de Nova York”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎, São Paulo: Folha da Manhã, →ISSN:

     A House of Yes, maior boate de Bushwick, um reduto hipster nos cafundós do Brooklyn nova-iorquino, virou um templo dos fetichistas para a estreia mundial de um filme pornô com ambições vanguardistas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. discotheque

   Synonym: discoteca

Further reading

• “boate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “boate”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “boate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025