botar

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”).

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

Derived terms

  • a botabolén
  • a botaboléu

References

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

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

  • IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [buˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [boˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [boˈtaɾ]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Verb

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

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

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Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

    Borrowed 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”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • 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

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    References

    Occitan

    Etymology

    Ultimately of Germanic origin; compare French bouter.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    botar

    1. to put; to place

    Conjugation

    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”).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈta(ʁ)/ [boˈta(h)], /buˈta(ʁ)/ [buˈta(h)]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /boˈta(ɾ)/, /buˈta(ɾ)/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /boˈta(ʁ)/ [boˈta(χ)], /buˈta(ʁ)/ [buˈta(χ)]
      • (Caipira) IPA(key): /boˈta(ɻ)/, /buˈta(ɻ)/
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈtaɾ/
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈta.ɾi/

    • Homophone: votar (Northern Portugal)
    • Hyphenation: bo‧tar

    Verb

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

    1. to put
      Synonyms: pôr, colocar
      • 2024 October 30, The Weeknd, Anitta, Tati Quebra Barraco, “São Paulo” (0:00 from the start), in Hurry Up Tomorrow‎[1] (overall work in English), performed by Anitta, XO; Republic:
        Bota na boca, bota na cara, bota onde quiser
        Put [it] in my mouth, put [it] in my face, put [it] wherever you want
    2. to lay (an egg)
    3. to throw
    4. (Azores) to escape

    Usage notes

    • Mostly used in Brazil and Northern Portugal.

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Macanese: botâ

    Further reading

    Romanian

    Etymology

      From botă + -ar.

      Noun

      botar m (plural botari)

      1. barrelmaker

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative botar botarul botari botarii
      genitive-dative botar botarului botari botarilor
      vocative botarule botarilor

      Spanish

      Etymology

      Via Old French bouter (“to strike”) (modern French bouter), from Frankish *buttan, from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, strike”).

      Compare French bouter, Portuguese botar and Italian buttare.

      Pronunciation

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

      Verb

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

      1. to bounce
      2. (Latin America, Canary Islands) 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.
          The Cuero is a monster that lives in the Bío-Bío River. Its origin was a donkey hide that was thrown into the river, where it came to life and developed.
      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
      5. (Canary Islands, reflexive) to lie down (to assume a reclining position)
        Synonyms: acostar, echar
      6. (Andes Mountains, Argentina, Canary Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, transitive) to squander, to blow, to fritter away
        Synonyms: derrochar, malgastar

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      Further reading

      Swedish

      Etymology 1

      Form of bota (“to heal”)

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈbuː.tar/

      Verb

      botar

      1. present indicative of bota

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      botar

      1. indefinite plural of bot

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