boato

Esperanto

Ligna boato

Etymology

Borrowed from English boat, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *baitaz. Compare German Boot, French bateau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈato]

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: bo‧a‧to

Noun

boato (accusative singular boaton, plural boatoj, accusative plural boatojn)

1. boat

Coordinate terms

• ŝipo (“ship”)

Derived terms

• boateto (“little boat”)
• remboato (“rowboat”)
• velboato (“sailboat”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin boātus (“bellowing”). Compare Portuguese boato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈa.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: bo‧à‧to

Noun

boato m (plural boati)

1. rumble, roar, boom

   Synonym: rumore

Derived terms

• boato sonico (“sonic boom”)

Anagrams

• boota

Latin

Verb

boātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of boō

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin boātus (“bellowing”). Compare Italian boato.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈa.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈa.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbwa.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: bo‧a‧to

Noun

boato m (plural boatos)

1. rumor

   Synonym: rumor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈato/ [boˈa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: bo‧a‧to

Noun

boato m (uncountable)

1. pomp

   Synonym: pompa

Further reading

• “boato”, 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