# voto
## Asturian
### Verb

voto
* first-person singular present indicative of votar

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbo.tu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvo.to]

### Verb

voto
* first-person singular present indicative of votar

## Chayuco Mixtec
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish voto.

### Noun

voto
* vote

### References

* Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 134

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔto/ [ˈbɔ.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɔto
* Hyphenation: vo‧to

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“I vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-.

#### Noun

voto m (plural votos)
* vote, ballot
* suffrage, the power or right to vote
* (religion) vow

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

voto
* first-person singular present indicative of votar

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin vōtum.

#### Alternative forms

* boto (archaic)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvo.to/
* Rhymes: -oto
* Hyphenation: vó‧to

#### Noun

voto m (plural voti)
* vow
* vote, ballot
    Ogni voto conta. ― Every vote counts.
    Il voto è unanime. ― The vote is unanimous.
* mark, grade
    Presi un buon voto in inglese. ― I got a good grade in English.
* votive offering
* wish

##### Related terms

* votare
* votazione
* votivo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvo.to/
* Rhymes: -oto
* Hyphenation: vó‧to

#### Verb

voto
* first-person singular present indicative of votare

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔ.to/
* Rhymes: -ɔto
* Hyphenation: vò‧to
(Rome) IPA: /vɔd̞o/

#### Adjective

voto (feminine vota, masculine plural voti, feminine plural vote)
* (literary or colloquial Tuscan, Rome) Alternative form of vuoto

### Further reading

* voto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* voto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* voto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* voto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* voto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯oː.toː/, [ˈu̯oːt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈvo.to/, [ˈvɔːt̪o]

### Participle

vōtō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vōtus

### Noun

vōtō
* dative/ablative singular of vōtum

### References

* “voto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* voto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Malagasy
### Alternative forms

* voty

### Etymology

Several etymologies have been proposed:
* Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *buCuq (“testicles”). Compare Ma'anyan wutu, Malay butuh, and Saisiyat bosoe'.
* Less likely, borrowed from a Bantu language, from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀bódó. Compare Swahili mboo, Zulu ubolo, Chichewa mbolo and Shona mboro.

### Noun

voto
* penis (male organ for copulation and urination)
    Synonyms: filahiana, lataka

#### References

* voto in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɔ.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɔ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɔ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɔ.tu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɔ.tu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɔ.tu/
* Hyphenation: vo‧to

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“to vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. Doublet of the inherited bodo (“food, money, or clothes given to the poor on holy days”) and boda (“wedding”).

#### Noun

voto m (plural votos)
* vote (a formalised choice)
* vote (act or instance of participating in such a choice)
    Synonym: votação
* vow (solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
    Synonyms: compromisso, promessa
* an offering given during a vow

##### Derived terms

* voto censitário
* voto de confiança
* voto de Minerva
* voto de qualidade
* voto em branco
* voto nominal
* voto plural
* voto proporcional
* voto secreto
* voto simples
* voto solene
* voto vencido
* votos

##### Related terms

* votação
* votado
* votante
* votar
* votável
* votismo
* votivamente
* votivo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

voto
* first-person singular present indicative of votar

### Further reading

* “voto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “voto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “voto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “voto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “voto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “voto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboto/ [ˈbo.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -oto
* Syllabification: vo‧to
* Homophone: boto

### Etymology 1

Probably a learned borrowing from Latin vōtum. See also boda.

#### Noun

voto m (plural votos)
* vote
    voto decisivo ― swing vote
* vow
    tomar los votos ― take one's vows

##### Hyponyms

* voto de amén
* voto de calidad
* voto de censura
* voto de confianza
* voto de reata

##### Derived terms

* regular los votos
* voto a bríos
* voto a Cribas
* voto a Cristo
* voto a Dios
* voto a rus
* voto a tal
* voto al chápiro
* voto de reata
* voto de Santiago
* voto matrimonial
* voto particular
* voto útil

##### Descendants

* → Cebuano: boto
* → Chayuco Mixtec: voto
* → Hiligaynon: boto
* → Ilocano: botos
* → Tagalog: boto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

voto
* first-person singular present indicative of votar

### Further reading

* “voto”, 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