# veto
## English
### Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈviːtəʊ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈvi.toʊ/, [ˈviɾoʊ], /ˈviˌtoʊ/, [ˈviˌtʰoʊ]
* Rhymes: -iːtəʊ, -əʊ

### Noun

veto (plural vetoes or vetos)
* A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
* An invocation of that right.
** 1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973-1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1078:I called Haig in and told him that I wanted to veto the agricultural appropriations bill we had discussed in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, because I did not want Ford to have to do it on his first day as President. Haig brought the veto statement in, and I signed it. It was the last piece of legislation I acted on as President.
** 2019 June 5, Richard Fausset, “North Carolina Legislature Fails to Overturn Governor’s Veto of Anti-Abortion Bill”, in The New York Times‎:The failure on Wednesday to overturn Mr. Cooper’s veto was among the most dramatic consequences of Democratic legislative victories in North Carolina last November, which broke Republican supermajorities in both chambers and made it easier for Mr. Cooper’s vetos to survive.
** 2024 August 31, David W. Chen, “In North Carolina, the Math for a Supermajority May Come Down to One”, in The New York Times‎:Now, Republican legislators cannot afford to lose a single seat, in either chamber, if they want to continue to override his vetoes.
* An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
** 1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 44, in Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family.
* A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.
** 2021 J.R. Wilson and the Hyper-Kamiokande Collaboration 2021 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2156 012153
    An outer detector (OD) region will act as both a passive shield for low energy backgrounds and an active veto for cosmic ray muons.

#### Derived terms

* heckler's veto
* liberum veto
* line-item veto
* pocket veto
* veto pen

#### Translations
### Verb

veto (third-person singular simple present vetoes, present participle vetoing, simple past and past participle vetoed)
* (transitive) To use a veto against.
    The president vetoed the bill.
** 2008 April 15, “A Pullback for Spacs?”, in The New York Times DealBook‎, retrieved 2020-11-18:Perhaps more notably, they also expect 25 percent of all Spac acquisitions to be vetoed by shareholders in 2008 — which will force those Spacs to liquidate.
** 2020 December 17, Don Stacom, “Condemning ‘cancel culture,’ New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart vetoes council vote to remove city’s Columbus statue”, in Hartford Courant:
** 2024 January 5, Amy Harmon, “Ohio Governor Orders Restrictions on Transgender Care After Vetoing Ban”, in The New York Times‎:Just a week after vetoing a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio issued an executive order on Friday banning gender-transition surgeries for anyone under 18 at state hospitals or ambulatory clinics.
* (transitive) To countermand.
    Coordinate term: override
    Mom and Dad vetoed our menu preferences for the holiday meal.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Tove, Vote, to've, vote

## Catalan
### Verb

veto
* first-person singular present indicative of vetar

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛto]

### Noun

veto n
* veto

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “veto”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “veto”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “veto”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

### Noun

veto n (singular definite vetoet, plural indefinite vetoer)
* veto

#### See also

* veto on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

### Further reading

* “veto” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “veto” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vetō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈveː.toː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ve‧to

### Noun

veto n (plural veto's, diminutive vetootje n)
* veto

#### Derived terms

* vetoën
* vetorecht

### Anagrams

* voet

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vetää (“to pull”) +‎ -o.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Hyphenation: ve‧to

#### Noun

veto
* pull (act of pulling)
* pull (attractive force)
* draught, draft (current of [cold] air)
* draught, draft (in the flue of a fireplace, stove, or similar)
* stroke (single movement with a tool; of hand, oar, brush, etc.)
* (sports) shot, kick (an aimed shot at the goal in a ball game)
* (colloquial) move, as in a game or similar
    Tuo oli hyvä veto!That was a good move!
* spurt, sprint
* winding (mechanical energy stored in a wound coil in a clockwork or other mechanism)
* (figuratively) energy, winding, steam
    hyvässä vedossa ― in good form, on a roll
    Minulta alkaa veto loppua. ― I'm beginning to run out of steam.
    Olet kyllä yhä vedossa! ― Man, you've still got it!
* (medicine) traction (mechanically applied sustained pull)
* Ellipsis of hengenveto (“gasp”).
* (electronics) trace (on a printed circuit board)
    Synonym: johdin

##### Declension

Possessive forms of veto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetoni
vetoni
accusative
nom.
vetoni
vetoni
gen.
vetoni
genitive
vetoni
vetojeni
partitive
vetoani
vetojani
inessive
vedossani
vedoissani
elative
vedostani
vedoistani
illative
vetooni
vetoihini
adessive
vedollani
vedoillani
ablative
vedoltani
vedoiltani
allative
vedolleni
vedoilleni
essive
vetonani
vetoinani
translative
vedokseni
vedoikseni
abessive
vedottani
vedoittani
instructive
comitative
—vetoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetosi
vetosi
accusative
nom.
vetosi
vetosi
gen.
vetosi
genitive
vetosi
vetojesi
partitive
vetoasi
vetojasi
inessive
vedossasi
vedoissasi
elative
vedostasi
vedoistasi
illative
vetoosi
vetoihisi
adessive
vedollasi
vedoillasi
ablative
vedoltasi
vedoiltasi
allative
vedollesi
vedoillesi
essive
vetonasi
vetoinasi
translative
vedoksesi
vedoiksesi
abessive
vedottasi
vedoittasi
instructive
comitative
—vetoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetomme
vetomme
accusative
nom.
vetomme
vetomme
gen.
vetomme
genitive
vetomme
vetojemme
partitive
vetoamme
vetojamme
inessive
vedossamme
vedoissamme
elative
vedostamme
vedoistamme
illative
vetoomme
vetoihimme
adessive
vedollamme
vedoillamme
ablative
vedoltamme
vedoiltamme
allative
vedollemme
vedoillemme
essive
vetonamme
vetoinamme
translative
vedoksemme
vedoiksemme
abessive
vedottamme
vedoittamme
instructive
comitative
—vetoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetonne
vetonne
accusative
nom.
vetonne
vetonne
gen.
vetonne
genitive
vetonne
vetojenne
partitive
vetoanne
vetojanne
inessive
vedossanne
vedoissanne
elative
vedostanne
vedoistanne
illative
vetoonne
vetoihinne
adessive
vedollanne
vedoillanne
ablative
vedoltanne
vedoiltanne
allative
vedollenne
vedoillenne
essive
vetonanne
vetoinanne
translative
vedoksenne
vedoiksenne
abessive
vedottanne
vedoittanne
instructive
comitative
—vetoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetonsa
vetonsa
accusative
nom.
vetonsa
vetonsa
gen.
vetonsa
genitive
vetonsa
vetojensa
partitive
vetoaan vetoansa
vetojaan vetojansa
inessive
vedossaan vedossansa
vedoissaan vedoissansa
elative
vedostaan vedostansa
vedoistaan vedoistansa
illative
vetoonsa
vetoihinsa
adessive
vedollaan vedollansa
vedoillaan vedoillansa
ablative
vedoltaan vedoltansa
vedoiltaan vedoiltansa
allative
vedolleen vedollensa
vedoilleen vedoillensa
essive
vetonaan vetonansa
vetoinaan vetoinansa
translative
vedokseen vedoksensa
vedoikseen vedoiksensa
abessive
vedottaan vedottansa
vedoittaan vedoittansa
instructive
comitative
—vetoineen vetoinensa :

##### Synonyms

* (attractive force): vetovoima, imu
* (move): siirto

##### Derived terms

* vetoinen
* vetoisa
* aironveto
* alasvetovalikko
* alasvetovastus
* etupyöräveto
* etuveto
* hengenveto
* jokapyöräveto
* kardaaniveto
* ketjuveto
* kissanhännänveto
* kynänveto
* kämmenveto
* käteenveto
* köydenveto
* leuanveto
* linjanveto
* loppuveto
* läpiveto
* maastaveto
* moottoriveto
* nelipyöräveto
* neliveto
* nuotanveto
* paaluveto
* rajanveto
* rinnalleveto
* ristiveto
* rystyveto
* sisäänveto
* sitkeävetoinen
* siveltimenveto
* suonenveto
* syväveto
* takaisinveto
* takapyöräveto
* takaveto
* traktoriveto
* vastaveto
* vedonpoistaja
* vedonsäädin
* vekselivetoinen
* verenveto
* vetoaisa
* vetoakseli
* vetoapu
* vetoaura
* vetoauto
* vetoeläin
* vetohevonen
* vetohidastus
* vetohihna
* vetohärkä
* vetojuhta
* vetojärjestys
* vetokaappi
* vetokalusto
* vetokauha
* vetoketju
* vetokoe
* vetokoira
* vetokone
* vetokoukku
* vetokytkin
* vetokäynnistys
* vetoköysi
* vetolaakeri
* vetolaatikko
* vetolaite
* vetolaukku
* vetolevy
* vetoliike
* vetolujuus
* vetoluukku
* vetomitta
* vetomurtolujuus
* vetonaru
* vetonaula
* vetoniitti
* vetonivel
* vetonumero
* vetonuppi
* vetopalkka
* vetopasuuna
* vetopeli
* vetoporo
* vetopyörä
* vetosilmukka
* vetosolmu
* vetosuunta
* vetosytytin
* vetoteline
* vetouistelu
* vetouistin
* vetovaijeri
* vetovalikko
* vetovarsi
* vetovastus
* vetovastuu
* vetovaunu
* vetovoima
* vuoroveto
* välistäveto
* yhteenveto
* yliveto
* ylösveto
* ylösvetovastus

#### Further reading

* “1. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish væþ, vedh, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Also associated with veto (etymology 1).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Hyphenation: ve‧to

#### Noun

veto
* bet, wager (an instance of making a bet)

##### Usage notes

veto means an instance of betting, an agreement to wager something. The thing wagered is panos.

##### Declension

Possessive forms of veto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetoni
vetoni
accusative
nom.
vetoni
vetoni
gen.
vetoni
genitive
vetoni
vetojeni
partitive
vetoani
vetojani
inessive
vedossani
vedoissani
elative
vedostani
vedoistani
illative
vetooni
vetoihini
adessive
vedollani
vedoillani
ablative
vedoltani
vedoiltani
allative
vedolleni
vedoilleni
essive
vetonani
vetoinani
translative
vedokseni
vedoikseni
abessive
vedottani
vedoittani
instructive
comitative
—vetoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetosi
vetosi
accusative
nom.
vetosi
vetosi
gen.
vetosi
genitive
vetosi
vetojesi
partitive
vetoasi
vetojasi
inessive
vedossasi
vedoissasi
elative
vedostasi
vedoistasi
illative
vetoosi
vetoihisi
adessive
vedollasi
vedoillasi
ablative
vedoltasi
vedoiltasi
allative
vedollesi
vedoillesi
essive
vetonasi
vetoinasi
translative
vedoksesi
vedoiksesi
abessive
vedottasi
vedoittasi
instructive
comitative
—vetoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetomme
vetomme
accusative
nom.
vetomme
vetomme
gen.
vetomme
genitive
vetomme
vetojemme
partitive
vetoamme
vetojamme
inessive
vedossamme
vedoissamme
elative
vedostamme
vedoistamme
illative
vetoomme
vetoihimme
adessive
vedollamme
vedoillamme
ablative
vedoltamme
vedoiltamme
allative
vedollemme
vedoillemme
essive
vetonamme
vetoinamme
translative
vedoksemme
vedoiksemme
abessive
vedottamme
vedoittamme
instructive
comitative
—vetoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetonne
vetonne
accusative
nom.
vetonne
vetonne
gen.
vetonne
genitive
vetonne
vetojenne
partitive
vetoanne
vetojanne
inessive
vedossanne
vedoissanne
elative
vedostanne
vedoistanne
illative
vetoonne
vetoihinne
adessive
vedollanne
vedoillanne
ablative
vedoltanne
vedoiltanne
allative
vedollenne
vedoillenne
essive
vetonanne
vetoinanne
translative
vedoksenne
vedoiksenne
abessive
vedottanne
vedoittanne
instructive
comitative
—vetoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetonsa
vetonsa
accusative
nom.
vetonsa
vetonsa
gen.
vetonsa
genitive
vetonsa
vetojensa
partitive
vetoaan vetoansa
vetojaan vetojansa
inessive
vedossaan vedossansa
vedoissaan vedoissansa
elative
vedostaan vedostansa
vedoistaan vedoistansa
illative
vetoonsa
vetoihinsa
adessive
vedollaan vedollansa
vedoillaan vedoillansa
ablative
vedoltaan vedoltansa
vedoiltaan vedoiltansa
allative
vedolleen vedollensa
vedoilleen vedoillensa
essive
vetonaan vetonansa
vetoinaan vetoinansa
translative
vedokseen vedoksensa
vedoikseen vedoiksensa
abessive
vedottaan vedottansa
vedoittaan vedoittansa
instructive
comitative
—vetoineen vetoinensa :

##### Derived terms

* herrasmiesveto
* lyödä vetoa (idiom)
* vedonlyöjä
* vedonlyönti
* vedonvälittäjä
* vedonvälitys
* vedota
* veikata

#### Further reading

* “2. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 3

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋe(ː)t(ː)o/, [ˈʋe̞(ː)t̪(ː)o̞]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Hyphenation: ve‧to

#### Noun

veto
* veto

##### Declension

Possessive forms of veto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetoni
vetoni
accusative
nom.
vetoni
vetoni
gen.
vetoni
genitive
vetoni
vetojeni
partitive
vetoani
vetojani
inessive
vetossani
vetoissani
elative
vetostani
vetoistani
illative
vetooni
vetoihini
adessive
vetollani
vetoillani
ablative
vetoltani
vetoiltani
allative
vetolleni
vetoilleni
essive
vetonani
vetoinani
translative
vetokseni
vetoikseni
abessive
vetottani
vetoittani
instructive
comitative
—vetoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetosi
vetosi
accusative
nom.
vetosi
vetosi
gen.
vetosi
genitive
vetosi
vetojesi
partitive
vetoasi
vetojasi
inessive
vetossasi
vetoissasi
elative
vetostasi
vetoistasi
illative
vetoosi
vetoihisi
adessive
vetollasi
vetoillasi
ablative
vetoltasi
vetoiltasi
allative
vetollesi
vetoillesi
essive
vetonasi
vetoinasi
translative
vetoksesi
vetoiksesi
abessive
vetottasi
vetoittasi
instructive
comitative
—vetoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetomme
vetomme
accusative
nom.
vetomme
vetomme
gen.
vetomme
genitive
vetomme
vetojemme
partitive
vetoamme
vetojamme
inessive
vetossamme
vetoissamme
elative
vetostamme
vetoistamme
illative
vetoomme
vetoihimme
adessive
vetollamme
vetoillamme
ablative
vetoltamme
vetoiltamme
allative
vetollemme
vetoillemme
essive
vetonamme
vetoinamme
translative
vetoksemme
vetoiksemme
abessive
vetottamme
vetoittamme
instructive
comitative
—vetoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetonne
vetonne
accusative
nom.
vetonne
vetonne
gen.
vetonne
genitive
vetonne
vetojenne
partitive
vetoanne
vetojanne
inessive
vetossanne
vetoissanne
elative
vetostanne
vetoistanne
illative
vetoonne
vetoihinne
adessive
vetollanne
vetoillanne
ablative
vetoltanne
vetoiltanne
allative
vetollenne
vetoillenne
essive
vetonanne
vetoinanne
translative
vetoksenne
vetoiksenne
abessive
vetottanne
vetoittanne
instructive
comitative
—vetoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vetonsa
vetonsa
accusative
nom.
vetonsa
vetonsa
gen.
vetonsa
genitive
vetonsa
vetojensa
partitive
vetoaan vetoansa
vetojaan vetojansa
inessive
vetossaan vetossansa
vetoissaan vetoissansa
elative
vetostaan vetostansa
vetoistaan vetoistansa
illative
vetoonsa
vetoihinsa
adessive
vetollaan vetollansa
vetoillaan vetoillansa
ablative
vetoltaan vetoltansa
vetoiltaan vetoiltansa
allative
vetolleen vetollensa
vetoilleen vetoillensa
essive
vetonaan vetonansa
vetoinaan vetoinansa
translative
vetokseen vetoksensa
vetoikseen vetoiksensa
abessive
vetottaan vetottansa
vetoittaan vetoittansa
instructive
comitative
—vetoineen vetoinensa :

##### Derived terms

* veto-oikeus

#### Further reading

* “3. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Anagrams

* ovet

## French
### Alternative forms

* véto (post-1990 spelling)

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

veto m (plural vetos)
* veto
    Le Président de la République a mis son véto.The President of the Republic put his/her veto.

##### Descendants

* Turkish: veto

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

veto m or f by sense (plural vetos)
* vet (veterinarian)
    Nous avons dû emmener le chien chez le veto.We had to take the dog to the vet.

### Further reading

* “veto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* vote, voté

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vettää (“to pull”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish veto and Estonian vedu.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞to̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞d̥o̞]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Hyphenation: ve‧to

### Noun

veto
* pull
* bet, wager
* distance between two ice holes
* draught (draw through a flue)

#### Derived terms

* löövvä vettoa

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 650

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛ.to/, /ˈve.to/
* Rhymes: -ɛto, -eto
* Hyphenation: vè‧to, vé‧to

### Noun

veto m (plural veti)
* veto

### References

* ↑ veto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Etymology

From earlier votō, from Proto-Italic *wotaō, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯e.toː/, [ˈu̯ɛt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈve.to/, [ˈvɛːt̪o]

### Verb

vetō (present infinitive vetāre, perfect active vetuī, supine vetitum); first conjugation
* to forbid, prevent, prohibit
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.39:“Quippe vetor fātīs.”“No doubt it is forbidden by the Fates.” (Juno seeks to destroy the Trojans despite the will of the Fates.)
    Synonyms: prohibeō, abdīcō
* to advise not to
** 1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum :Pragmatici homines omnibus historiis, praeceptis, versibus denique cavere iubent et vetant credere.Prudent men in all their histories, teachings and verse besides tell us to beware and advise us not to believe.
* to oppose, veto
    Synonyms: oppōnō, adversor, obversor, refrāgor, recūsō, repugnō, restō, resistō, officiō, subsistō, dīvertō, resistō, obstō
** 1st century AD, Seneca Minor, Troades, line 334
    Quod nōn vetat lēx, hoc vetat fierī pudor.What law forbids not, decency forbids be done.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: vedar
* Old French: veer
** French: véer (archaic or dialectal)
* Friulian: vietâ
* Italian: vietare
* Norwegian Bokmål: veto
* Piedmontese: vieté
* Portuguese: vedar
* Spanish: vedar
* Borrowings:
** → Catalan: vetar
** → English: veto
** → Portuguese: vetar
** → Spanish: vetar

### Interjection

vetō
* I forbid it! I protest!

#### Usage notes

* Used in the Senate by tribunes to oppose objectionable measures.

### Further reading

* “veto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “veto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* veto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio the law orders, forbids (expressly, distinctly): lex iubet, vetat (dilucide, planissime) (ambiguous) an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio (ambiguous) to give up old customs: a vetere consuetudine discedere
* De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ve/otō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 672

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid, oppose, veto”), from votō, votāre, from Proto-Italic *wotāō, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).

### Noun

veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto or vetoer, definite plural vetoa or vetoene)
* a veto

### References

* “veto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin veto.

### Noun

veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto, definite plural vetoa)
* a veto

### References

* “veto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin vetō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛ.tɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɛtɔ
* Syllabification: ve‧to

### Noun

veto n
* (literary, politics) Alternative spelling of weto

#### Declension
### Further reading

* veto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* veto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɛ.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɛ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɛ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɛ.tu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɛ.tu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɛ.tu/
* Rhymes: -ɛtu
* Homophone: beto (Northern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: ve‧to

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

veto m (plural vetos)
* (politics) veto (blocking of a process or decision)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

veto
* first-person singular present indicative of vetar

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veto or French veto.

### Noun

veto n (plural vetouri)
* veto

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Latin veto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋêːto/
* Hyphenation: ve‧to

### Noun

vȇto m (Cyrillic spelling ве̑то)
* veto

#### Declension
### References

* “veto”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeto/ [ˈbe.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Syllabification: ve‧to

### Etymology 1

From Latin vetō.

#### Noun

veto m (plural vetos)
* veto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

veto
* first-person singular present indicative of vetar

### Further reading

* “veto”, 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

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English veto.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

veto class IX (plural veto class X)
* veto
    Synonym: kura ya turufu

## Swedish
### Noun

veto n
* veto

#### Derived terms

* vetorätt

### References

* veto in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* veto in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* veto in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Tove

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veto.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈveto/, [ˈveto]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Hyphenation: ve‧to

### Noun

veto
* draft, transportation (with draft animals)

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “veto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn