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botar

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See also: bötar

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • botiar
  • boutar (Miranda)

Etymology

From Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), from Frankish *bautan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, strike, hew”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bo‧tar

Verb

botar (first-person singular indicative present boto, past participle botáu)

  1. to kick out, expel
    Synonyms: espulsar, echar
  2. to throw away
    Synonyms: echar, tirar
    Bota esos zapatos que da pena velos.
    Throw away those shoes, it's a shame to see them
  3. to go up a slope, hill
    Synonym: xubir
    Antonyms: baxar, amiyar
  4. to launch (a ship)
  5. to bounce (a ball)
    Nun botes enriba la mesa esa pelota.
    Don't bounce that ball on the table

Conjugation

Conjugation of botar
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Derived terms

  • a botabolén
  • a botaboléu

References

  • “botar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “botar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French boter, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bōtan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botí, past participle botat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. (intransitive) to bounce, to bound
    Synonym: botre
  2. (transitive) to leap over
    Synonym: saltar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botar (first conjugation)
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Derived terms

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish votar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ̪]

Noun

botar

  1. vote
    Synonym: boto

Verb

botar

  1. to vote
    Synonym: boto

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese botar, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), from Frankish *bautan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, strike, hew”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈtar/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧tar

Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botei, past participle botado)

  1. to throw
    Synonym: lanzar
  2. to expel
    • 1444, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 170:
      Este dia ẽno dito Conçello, o dito Sueiro Gomes requereu aos ditos juis, alcaldes jurados que por quanto se cometera hũu reto ontre Sueiro de Remiron e Rui de Portas, e eles non eran vesiños nen moradores ẽna dita villa, e por rason que eles nen cada ũu deles non bolvesen roido nen fesesen ajuntamento de omes ẽna dita vila para que aos vesiños e moradores da dita vila non viese dapno algũu nen asimesmo a noso señor deserviçio algũu, que el botara fora da dita vila ao dito Sueiro de Remiron, e por ende que lles requeria que logo fesesen asimesmo botar fora da dita vila ao dito Rui de Portas para que fesesen seus retos fora da dita vila.
    Synonyms: expeler, expulsar
  3. to put out
    • 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Arauxo, Entremés famoso sobre da pesca do río Miño, page 15:
      Boteille catorce dentes fóra coa cachiporra [...] O lombo lle vai triscando
      I put out of him fourteen teeth with the club [...] his back is cracking as he walks away
    Synonym: sacar
  4. to add
  5. to serve
  6. to sow
    • 1473, Romaní Martínez, Miguel / Rodríguez Suárez, Mª del Pilar (2003): Libro tumbo de pergamino. Un códice medieval del monasterio de Oseira. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo, page 67:
      Item aforam a Alvaro d ' Outeyro, a seu padre et a tres vozes o lugar d'Outeyro, a de botar tres fanegas de semente et dar todo de quarto et oyto maravedis de dereytura et hum par de gallinas cada anno, et se non britar et lavrar que perca o foro.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  7. to launch (a ship)
  8. to bounce

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botar
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    Reintegrated conjugation of botar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
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1Less recommended.

Derived terms

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Occitan

Etymology

Ultimately of Germanic origin; compare French bouter.

Pronunciation

Verb

botar

  1. to put; to place

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
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    Auvernhàs
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    Gascon
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    Lemosin
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    Provençau
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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese botar, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), from Frankish *bautan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, strike, hew”).

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botei, past participle botado)

  1. (informal) to put
    • 2024, “São Paulo”, performed by The Weeknd and Anitta:
      Bota na boca, bota na cara, bota onde quiser
      Put it in my mouth, put it in my face, put it wherever you want
    1. (informal) to lay (an egg)
  2. (informal) to throw

Usage notes

Mostly used in Brazil and Northern Portugal.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
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1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Descendants

  • Macanese: botâ

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Romanian

Etymology

From botă +‎ -ar.

Noun

botar m (plural botari)

  1. barrelmaker

Declension

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Spanish

Etymology

Via Old French boter (“to strike”) (modern French bouter), from Frankish *buttan, from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, strike”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-.

Compare French bouter, Portuguese botar and Italian buttare.

Pronunciation

Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite boté, past participle botado)

  1. to bounce
  2. (Latin America) to throw, throw away
    Synonyms: echar, tirar
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 38:
      El Cuero es un monstruo que tiene su morada en el Bío-Bío. Su origen fué un cuero de asno que botaron al río, donde cobró vida y se desarrolló.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (Latin America) to fire, dismiss
    Synonyms: despedir, echar
  4. (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) to buck, throw (a rider or pack) by bucking
    Synonym: corcovear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of botar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Form of bota (“to heal”)

Pronunciation

Verb

botar

  1. present indicative of bota

Etymology 2

Noun

botar

  1. indefinite plural of bot

Anagrams

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