botar

• botiar
• boutar (Miranda)

From Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), from Frankish *bautan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”).

• IPA^(key): /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bo‧tar

botar (first-person singular indicative present boto, past participle botáu)

1. to kick out, expel

   Synonyms: espulsar, echar

2. to throw away

   Synonyms: echar, tirar

   Bota esos zapatos que da pena velos.

   Throw away those shoes, it's a shame to see them

3. to go up a slope, hill

   Synonym: xubir

   Antonyms: baxar, amiyar

4. to launch (a ship)
5. to bounce (a ball)

   Nun botes enriba la mesa esa pelota.

   Don't bounce that ball on the table

• botar una mano
• botada
• botalón
• rebotiar

• a botabolén
• a botaboléu

• “botar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “botar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Borrowed from Old French boter, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bōtan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [boˈtaɾ]

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botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botí, past participle botat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive) to bounce, to bound

   Synonym: botre

2. (transitive) to leap over

   Synonym: saltar

• botafoc
• botavant

• “botar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Spanish votar.

• IPA^(key): /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ̪]

botar

1. vote

   Synonym: boto

botar

1. to vote

   Synonym: boto

From Old Galician-Portuguese botar, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), from Frankish *bautan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”).

• IPA^(key): /boˈtar/
• Hyphenation: bo‧tar

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botei, past participle botado)

1. to throw

   Synonym: lanzar

2. to expel
   • 1444, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 170:

     Este dia ẽno dito Conçello, o dito Sueiro Gomes requereu aos ditos juis, alcaldes jurados que por quanto se cometera hũu reto ontre Sueiro de Remiron e Rui de Portas, e eles non eran vesiños nen moradores ẽna dita villa, e por rason que eles nen cada ũu deles non bolvesen roido nen fesesen ajuntamento de omes ẽna dita vila para que aos vesiños e moradores da dita vila non viese dapno algũu nen asimesmo a noso señor deserviçio algũu, que el botara fora da dita vila ao dito Sueiro de Remiron, e por ende que lles requeria que logo fesesen asimesmo botar fora da dita vila ao dito Rui de Portas para que fesesen seus retos fora da dita vila.

   Synonyms: expeler, expulsar

3. to put out
   • 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Arauxo, Entremés famoso sobre da pesca do río Miño, page 15:

     Boteille catorce dentes fóra coa cachiporra [...] O lombo lle vai triscando

     I put out of him fourteen teeth with the club [...] his back is cracking as he walks away

   Synonym: sacar

4. to add
5. to serve
6. to sow
   • 1473, Romaní Martínez, Miguel / Rodríguez Suárez, Mª del Pilar (2003): Libro tumbo de pergamino. Un códice medieval del monasterio de Oseira. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo, page 67:

     Item aforam a Alvaro d ' Outeyro, a seu padre et a tres vozes o lugar d'Outeyro, a de botar tres fanegas de semente et dar todo de quarto et oyto maravedis de dereytura et hum par de gallinas cada anno, et se non britar et lavrar que perca o foro.

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7. to launch (a ship)
8. to bounce

• a cona que te botou
• botar por fóra (“to overflow”)
• desbotar (“to discard”)

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “botar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “botar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “botar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “botar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “botar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “botar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “botar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ultimately of Germanic origin; compare French bouter.

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botar

1. to put; to place

From Old Galician-Portuguese botar, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), from Frankish *bautan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”).

• Homophone: votar (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: bo‧tar

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite botei, past participle botado) (informal)

1. to put

   Synonyms: pôr, colocar

   • 2024 October 30, The Weeknd, Anitta, Tati Quebra Barraco, “São Paulo” (0:00 from the start), in Hurry Up Tomorrow‎^[1] (overall work in English), performed by Anitta, XO; Republic:

     Bota na boca, bota na cara, bota onde quiser

     Put [it] in my mouth, put [it] in my face, put [it] wherever you want

2. to lay (an egg)
3. to throw

• Mostly used in Brazil and Northern Portugal.

• Macanese: botâ

• “botar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “botar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From botă +‎ -ar.

botar m (plural botari)

1. barrelmaker

Via Old French boter (“to strike”) (modern French bouter), from Frankish *buttan, from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, strike”).

Compare French bouter, Portuguese botar and Italian buttare.

• IPA^(key): /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bo‧tar
• Homophone: votar

botar (first-person singular present boto, first-person singular preterite boté, past participle botado)

1. to bounce
2. (Canary Islands, Latin America) to throw, throw away

   Synonyms: echar, tirar

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 38:

     El Cuero es un monstruo que tiene su morada en el Bío-Bío. Su origen fué un cuero de asno que botaron al río, donde cobró vida y se desarrolló.

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3. (Latin America) to fire, dismiss

   Synonyms: despedir, echar

4. (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) to buck, throw (a rider or pack) by bucking

   Synonym: corcovear

• “botar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “botar”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010

Form of bota (“to heal”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.tar/

botar

1. present indicative of bota

• bota

botar

1. indefinite plural of bot

• abort, borta