boto

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊtəʊ/

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.

• boto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inia geoffrensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• BOOT, OOTB, boot

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of botre

From Spanish voto.

boto

1. vote

boto

1. to vote

boto

1. Misspelling of buto.

Borrowed from English boot, French botte.

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

1. blunt, dull

From bota.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔto̝/

boto m (plural botos)

1. wineskin, waterskin

• “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.

bōtō

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐍉

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”)

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

boto m

1. messenger, envoy

• German: Bote

From Dutch boot and Portuguese bote and Spanish bote

boto

1. boat, ship, vessel

Nouns and adjective:

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.tu/

Verb:

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tu/

Unknown

• bôto (obsolete)

boto m (plural botos)

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

• (boto): tucuxi
• (dolphin): golfinho, delfim

Unknown

• bôto (obsolete)

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)

• (lacking a sharp edge): rombo, cego, embotado
• (unable to think quickly): lento, devagar, embotado

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

• bôto (obsolete)

boto m (plural botos)

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

boto

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

From Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs).

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/, [ˈbot̪o]

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

1. blunt

boto

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

boto

1. boat

From Spanish voto.

boto

1. vote

• botohan
• bumoto

boto m (plural boti)

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