# boto
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbəʊtəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊtəʊ

### Noun

boto (plural botos)
* Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system
    Synonym: Amazon river dolphin
** 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.

#### Translations
### References

* boto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Inia geoffrensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Anagrams

* BOOT, Boot, OOTB, boot

## Basque
### Alternative forms

* botu

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish voto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boto/, [bo̞.t̪o̞]

### Noun

boto inan
* vote
    Synonym: boz
* franchise, suffrage
* (religion) vow

#### Derived terms

* boto egin (“to promise”)
* boto-emaile (“voter”)
* boto-eskubide (“right to vote”)
* boto-paper (“ballot”)
* botoa eman (“to vote”)

### Further reading

* “boto”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “boto”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

boto
* first-person singular present indicative of botre

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

boto
* first-person singular present indicative of botar

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bo‧to
* IPA: /ˈboto/ [ˈbo.t̪o]
* Homophone: buto (certain accents)

### Etymology 1

See buto.

#### Noun

boto
* Misspelling of buto.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish voto.

#### Noun

boto
* vote
    Synonym: botar

#### Verb

boto
* to vote
    Synonym: botar

#### Usage notes

(verb: to vote): Botar is often used instead due to its being a homophone of buto in certain accents.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from English boot, French botte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈboto]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oto
* Hyphenation: bo‧to

### Noun

boto (accusative singular boton, plural botoj, accusative plural botojn)
* boot

## Fijian
### Noun

boto
* frog

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Either onomatopoeic, or from the same Germanic origin as Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs). Compare Dutch bot (“blunt, dull”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboto̝/

#### Noun

boto m (plural botos)
* Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)
    Synonym: arroaz boto

#### Adjective

boto (feminine bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)
* blunt, dull

### Etymology 2

From bota.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔto̝/

#### Noun

boto m (plural botos)
* wineskin, waterskin

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

boto
* first-person singular present indicative of botar

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “boto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “boto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “boto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Gothic
### Romanization

bōtō
* Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐍉

## Hawaiian Creole
### Etymology

From Ilocano buto (“penis”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boto/

### Noun

boto
* penis (genital)

## Ido
### Etymology

From Esperanto boto, English boot, French botte, Russian боти́нок (botínok), Spanish bota.

### Noun

boto (plural boti)
* boot

#### Derived terms

* boteto (“short boot, half-boot; shoe”)
* botizar (“to put boots on, boot”)

## Javanese
### Romanization

boto
* Nonstandard spelling of bata. Romanization of ꦧꦠ

## Mogum
### Noun

boto
* sister

### References

* Association pour la Promotion de la Langue Mogum, 2012, Usunoŋten nasarawe 1. Transition de mogoum en français.

## Nias
### Noun

boto (mutated form mboto)
* body

### References

* Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 47.

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *budô. Cognate to Old High German biotan (“to offer, send, command”).

### Noun

boto m
* messenger, envoy

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: bote
** German: Bote

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Dutch boot and Portuguese bote and Spanish bote.

### Noun

boto
* boat, ship, vessel

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Unknown.

#### Alternative forms

* bôto (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbo.tu/
* Rhymes: -otu
* Hyphenation: bo‧to

#### Noun

boto m (plural botos)
* any dolphin, especially a freshwater one
    Synonyms: delfim, golfinho
* (Brazil, strictly) Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)
    Synonym: boto-cor-de-rosa

##### Derived terms

* boto-amarelo
* boto-branco
* boto-cinza
* boto-comum
* boto-cor-de-rosa
* boto-de-óculos
* boto-preto
* boto-rosa
* boto-tucuxi
* boto-vermelho

##### Descendants

* → English: boto

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese boto of unknown origin. Perhaps a Germanic borrowing, from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs, “dull, deaf”).

#### Alternative forms

* bôto (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbo.tu/
* Rhymes: -otu
* Hyphenation: bo‧to

#### Adjective

boto (feminine bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)
* dull (lacking a sharp edge or point)
    Synonyms: cego, embotado, rombo
* dull; slow (unable to think quickly)
    Synonyms: devagar, embotado, lento

### Etymology 3

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

#### Alternative forms

* bôto (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbo.tu/
* Rhymes: -otu
* Hyphenation: bo‧to

#### Noun

boto m (plural botos)
* (Hinduism) Bhat (Brahmin who has learned all the four Vedas)

### Etymology 4

Unknown. Perhaps from a derivative of Late Latin buttis, butta (“barrel, cask”), or otherwise related to bota (“boot”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ.tu/
* Rhymes: -ɔtu
* Hyphenation: bo‧to

#### Noun

boto m (plural botos)
* (regional) wineskin, water skin (container for liquids made out of animal hide)
    Synonym: odre

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ.tu/
* Rhymes: -ɔtu
* Hyphenation: bo‧to

#### Verb

boto
* first-person singular present indicative of botar

### Further reading

* “boto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “boto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “boto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “boto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs).

#### Adjective

boto (feminine bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)
* blunt
    Synonym: romo

##### Derived terms

* embotar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

boto
* first-person singular present indicative of botar

### Further reading

* “boto”, 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

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English boat or Dutch boot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboto/, [ˈbʊ̞tʊ̞], [ˈbɔ̝tɔ̝]

### Noun

boto
* boat

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish voto, from Latin vōtum. Doublet of boda.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈboto/ [ˈboː.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -oto
* Syllabification: bo‧to

### Noun

boto (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓ)
* vote
    Synonym: halal
* vow

#### Derived terms

* botohan
* bumoto
* iboto

#### Related terms

* bobotante
* botante
* deboto

### Further reading

* “boto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Toba Batak
### Etymology

From Proto-Batak *bətəh.

### Verb

boto (active umboto or mamboto)
* to know

## Venetan
### Etymology

Related to the Italian verb buttare (“to toss, fling, throw about”), from Old French bouter (“to strike”).

### Noun

boto m (plural boti)
* explosion, bang
* thud, thump
* toll (of a bell)