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boto

boto

See also: botó, bôto, and bötö

English

A boto

Noun

boto (plural botos)

  1. Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system
    • 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.

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Catalan

Verb

boto

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of botre

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from English boot, French botte.

Noun

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

  1. boot

Fijian

Noun

boto

  1. frog

Gothic

Romanization

bōtō

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐍉

Ido

Etymology

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

Noun

boto (plural boti)

  1. boot

Derived terms

  • boteto (short boot, half-boot; shoe)
  • botizar (to put boots on, boot)

Old High German

Etymology

Cognate to Old High German biotan (to offer, send, command).

Noun

boto m

  1. messenger, envoy

Descendants


Portuguese

Pronunciation

Nouns and adjective:

Verb:

Etymology 1

Unknown

Alternative forms

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

  1. boto (Inia geoffrensis, a freshwater dolphin of the Amazon)
  2. (loosely) any dolphin, especially a freshwater one
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Etymology 2

Unknown

Alternative forms

Adjective

boto m (feminine singular bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas, comparable)

  1. dull (lacking a sharp edge or point)
  2. dull; slow (unable to think quickly)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

  1. (Hinduism) Bhat (Brahmin who has learned all the four Vedas)

Etymology 4

Verb

boto

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of botar

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs).

Adjective

boto m (feminine singular bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)

  1. blunt

Verb

boto

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of botar.

Sranan Tongo

Noun

boto

  1. boat

Venetian

Noun

boto m (plural boti)

  1. explosion, bang
  2. thud, thump
  3. toll (of a bell)