# botar
## 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: (Central) [buˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [boˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [boˈtaɾ]

### Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botí, past participle botat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (intransitive) to bounce, to bound
    Synonym: botre
* (transitive) to leap over
    Synonym: saltar

#### Derived terms

* botafoc
* botavant

### Further reading

* “botar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish votar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ̪]

### Noun

botar
* vote
    Synonym: boto

### Verb

botar
* 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: /boˈtar/
* Hyphenation: bo‧tar

### Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botei, past participle botado)
* to throw
    Synonym: lanzar
* 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
* 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 triscandoI put out of him fourteen teeth with the club [...] his back is cracking as he walks away
    Synonym: sacar
* to add
* to serve
* 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)
* to launch (a ship)
* to bounce

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* a cona que te botou
* botar por fóra (“to overflow”)
* desbotar (“to discard”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “botar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “botar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “botar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “botar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “botar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “botar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “botar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Occitan
### Etymology

Ultimately of Germanic origin; compare French bouter.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

botar
* 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”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, strike, hew”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /boˈta(ʁ)/ [boˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /boˈta(ʁ)/ [boˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /boˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /boˈta(ʁ)/ [boˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /boˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /buˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /buˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /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) to put
** (informal) to lay (an egg)
* (informal) to throw

#### Usage notes

Mostly used in Brazil and Northern Portugal.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Descendants

* Macanese: botâ

## Romanian
### Etymology

From botă +‎ -ar.

### Noun

botar m (plural botari)
* barrelmaker

#### Declension
## 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

* IPA: /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: bo‧tar
* Homophone: votar

### Verb

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite boté, past participle botado)
* to bounce
* (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)
* (Latin America) to fire, dismiss
    Synonyms: despedir, echar
* (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) to buck, throw (a rider or pack) by bucking
    Synonym: corcovear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* botadero
* botador
* botadura
* botafuego
* botalón
* botarate
* botasilla
* botavante
* botavara
* bote
* rebotar

#### Related terms

* botafumeiro
* botarel

### Further reading

* “botar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Form of bota (“to heal”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbuː.tar/

#### Verb

botar
* present indicative of bota

##### Related terms

* bota

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

botar
* indefinite plural of bot

### Anagrams

* abort, borta