# votar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin vōtum < voveō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ]

### Verb

votar (first-person singular indicative present voto, past participle votáu)
* to vote (assert a formalised choice)

#### Related terms

* votu

## Bavarian
### Noun

votar
* (Timau) father

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin vōtum < voveō. Compare Spanish and Portuguese votar, French vouer, Italian votare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [buˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [voˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [voˈtaɾ]
* Homophones: botar, butà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

votar (first-person singular present voto, first-person singular preterite votí, past participle votat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to vote

#### Related terms

* vot
* votació
* votant

#### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin vōtum.

### Verb

votar (first-person singular present voto, first-person singular preterite votei, past participle votado)
* to vote

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* votación
* votante
* voto

#### Further reading

* “votar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “votar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowing from English vote, French voter, German Votum, Italian votare, Russian во́тум (vótum) and Spanish votar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /voˈtar/
* Hyphenation: vo‧tar

### Verb

votar (present tense votas, past tense votis, future tense votos, imperative votez, conditional votus)
* (intransitive) to vote (either viva voce or by ballot)
* (transitive) to vote (for)
* (transitive) to enact

#### Derived terms

* balotvoto (“vote by (second) ballot”)
* listovoto (“ballot by list”)
* votado universala (“universal suffrage”)
* votanto (“voter”)
* votar lego (“to enact a law”)
* votar por lego (“to vote for a law”)
* votinto (“voter”)
* voto per manui (“show of hands”)
* voto (“vote, voting; voice, suffrage, ballot”)
* votokonto (“polling: count of votes”)
* votoyuro (“right to vote”)

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin vōtum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buˈta/
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

votar
* to vote

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From voto (“vote”) +‎ -ar, from Latin vōtum < voveō. Compare Spanish votar, Italian votare, French vouer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /voˈta(ʁ)/ [voˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /voˈta(ʁ)/ [voˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /voˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /voˈta(ʁ)/ [voˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /voˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vuˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vuˈtaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /buˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vuˈta.ɾi/
* (Northern Portugal) IPA: [βuˈtaɾ]
* Homophone: botar (Northern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: vo‧tar

### Verb

votar (first-person singular present voto, first-person singular preterite votei, past participle votado)
* (intransitive) to vote [with em ‘for someone/something’; or with contra ‘against someone/something’]
    Eu votei nela. ― I voted for her.
* to poll

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* votação
* votante
* voto

## Spanish
### Etymology

From voto +‎ -ar, the first element a borrowing from Latin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: vo‧tar
* Homophone: botar

### Verb

votar (first-person singular present voto, first-person singular preterite voté, past participle votado)
* to vote
* (Latin America) to throw
    Synonym: botar
    No votar basura. ― Do not litter. (literally, “Do not throw garbage.”)

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* votación
* votante
* voto

#### Further reading

* “votar”, 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

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin vōtum < voveō. Compare Italian votare.

### Verb

votar
* (transitive) to vote (for)

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.