botar

See also: bötar

Catalan

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botar (first conjugation)

infinitive			botar
gerund			botant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		botat		botada
		plural		botats		botades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	boto	botes	bota	botem	boteu	boten
	imperfect	botava	botaves	botava	botàvem	botàveu	botaven
	future	botaré	botaràs	botarà	botarem	botareu	botaran
	preterite	botí	botares	botà	botàrem	botàreu	botaren
	conditional	botaria	botaries	botaria	botaríem	botaríeu	botarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	boti	botis	boti	botem	boteu	botin
	imperfect	botés	botessis	botés	botéssim	botéssiu	botessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	bota	boti	botem	boteu	botin
	negative (no)	—	no botis	no boti	no botem	no boteu	no botin

Derived terms

• botafoc
• botavant

Further reading

• “botar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish votar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ̪]

Noun

botar

1. vote

   Synonym: boto

Verb

botar

1. to vote

   Synonym: boto

Galician

Etymology

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, strike, hew”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	botar
Personal	botar	botares	botar	botarmos	botardes	botaren
Gerund
	botando
Past participle
Masculine	botado			botados
Feminine	botada			botadas
Indicative
Present	boto	botas	bota	botamos	botades	botan
Imperfect	botaba	botabas	botaba	botabamos	botabades	botaban
Preterite	botei	botaches	botou	botamos	botastes	botaron
Pluperfect	botara	botaras	botara	botaramos	botarades	botaran
Future	botarei	botarás	botará	botaremos	botaredes	botarán
Conditional	botaría	botarías	botaría	botariamos	botariades	botarían
Subjunctive
Present	bote	botes	bote	botemos	botedes	boten
Imperfect	botase	botases	botase	botásemos	botásedes	botasen
Future	botar	botares	botar	botarmos	botardes	botaren
Imperative
Affirmative		bota	bote	botemos	botade	boten
Negative (non)		non botes	non bote	non botemos	non botedes	non boten

    Reintegrated conjugation of botar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	botar
Personal	botar	botares	botar	botarmos	botardes	botarem
Gerund
	botando
Past participle
Masculine	botado			botados
Feminine	botada			botadas
Indicative
Present	boto	botas	bota	botamos	botades, botais	botam
Imperfect	botava	botavas	botava	botávamos	botávades, botáveis, botávais1	botavam
Preterite	botei	botaste, botache1	botou	botamos	botastes	botárom, botaram
Pluperfect	botara	botaras	botara	botáramos	botárades, botáreis, botárais1	botaram
Future	botarei	botarás	botará	botaremos	botaredes, botareis	botarám, botarão
Conditional	botaria	botarias	botaria	botaríamos	botaríades, botaríeis, botaríais1	botariam
Subjunctive
Present	bote	botes	bote	botemos	botedes, boteis	botem
Imperfect	botasse	botasses	botasse	botássemos	botássedes, botásseis	botassem
Future	botar	botares	botar	botarmos	botardes	botarem
Imperative
Affirmative		bota	bote	botemos	botade, botai	botem
Negative (nom)		nom botes	nom bote	nom botemos	nom botedes, nom boteis	nom botem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

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

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “botar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “botar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• 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, 2012–2024
• 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 (2014).
• 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

Occitan

Etymology

Ultimately of Germanic origin; compare French bouter.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

botar

1. to put; to place

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	boti	botas	bota	botam	botatz	botan
	imperfect	botavi	botavas	botava	botàvem	botàvetz	botavan
	preterite	botèri	botères	botèt	botèrem	botèretz	botèron
	future	botarai	botaràs	botarà	botarem	botaretz	botaràn
	conditional	botariái	botariás	botariá	botariam	botariatz	botarián
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bote	botes	bote	botem	botetz	boten
	imperfect	botèssi	botèsses	botèsse	botèssem	botèssetz	botèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botem	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	bote	botes	bota	botam	botatz	boton
	imperfect	botave	botaves	botava	botaviam	botaviatz	botavon
	preterite	botere	boteres	botet	botem	botetz	boteron
	future	botarai	botaràs	botará	botarem	botaretz	botarán
	conditional	botariá	botariás	botariá	botariam	botariatz	botarián
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bote	botes	bote	botassiam	botassiatz	boton
	imperfect	botesse	botesses	botesse	botessiam	botessiatz	botesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botassiam	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	boti	botas	bota	botam	botatz	botan
	imperfect	botavi	botavas	botava	botàvam	botàvatz	botavan
	preterite	botèi	botès	botè	botèm	botètz	botèn
	future	botarèi	botaràs	botarà	botaram	botaratz	botaràn
	conditional	botarí	botarés	botaré	botarem	botaretz	botarén
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	boti	botes	bote	botem	botetz	boten
	imperfect	botèssi	botèsses	botèsse	botèssem	botèssetz	botèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botem	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	bote	botas	bota	botam	botatz	botan
	imperfect	botava	botavas	botava	botàvam	botàvatz	botavan
	preterite	botei	boteras	botet	botèram	botèratz	boteran
	future	botarai	botaràs	botará	botarem	botaretz	botarán
	conditional	botariá	botariàs	botariá	botariam	botariatz	botarián
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bote	botes	bote	botem	botetz	boten
	imperfect	botèsse	botèsses	botèsse	botèssem	botèssetz	botèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botem	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		botar			aver botat
gerund		botant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		botat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	bote	botes	bota	botam	botatz	botan
	imperfect	botavi	botavas	botava	botàvem	botàvetz	botavan
	preterite	botère	botères	botèt	boteriam	boteriatz	botèron
	future	botarai	botaràs	botarà	botarem	botaretz	botaràn
	conditional	botariáu	botariás	botariá	botariam	botariatz	botarián
	conditional 2nd form1	botèra	botèras	botèra	boteram	boteratz	botèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bote	botes	bote	botem	botetz	botan
	imperfect	botèsse	botèsses	botèsse	botessiam	botessiatz	botèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bota		botem	botatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, strike, hew”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈta(ʁ)/ [boˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈta(ʁ)/ [boˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /boˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /boˈta(ʁ)/ [boˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈta.ɾi/

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

Verb

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

1. (informal) to put
   1. (informal) to lay (an egg)
2. (informal) to throw

Usage notes

Mostly used in Brazil and Northern Portugal.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	botar
Personal	botar	botares	botar	botarmos	botardes	botarem
Gerund
	botando
Past participle
Masculine	botado			botados
Feminine	botada			botadas
Indicative
Present	boto	botas	bota	botamos	botais	botam
Imperfect	botava	botavas	botava	botávamos	botáveis	botavam
Preterite	botei	botaste	botou	botamos1, botámos2	botastes	botaram
Pluperfect	botara	botaras	botara	botáramos	botáreis	botaram
Future	botarei	botarás	botará	botaremos	botareis	botarão
Conditional	botaria	botarias	botaria	botaríamos	botaríeis	botariam
Subjunctive
Present	bote	botes	bote	botemos	boteis	botem
Imperfect	botasse	botasses	botasse	botássemos	botásseis	botassem
Future	botar	botares	botar	botarmos	botardes	botarem
Imperative
Affirmative		bota	bote	botemos	botai	botem
Negative (não)		não botes	não bote	não botemos	não boteis	não botem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Descendants

• Macanese: botâ

Romanian

Etymology

From botă +‎ -ar.

Noun

botar m (plural botari)

1. barrelmaker

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	botar	botarul		botari	botarii
genitive-dative	botar	botarului		botari	botarilor
vocative	botarule			botarilor

Spanish

Etymology

Via Old French boter (“to strike”) (modern French bouter), from Frankish *buttan, from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, strike”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-.

Compare French bouter, Portuguese botar and Italian buttare.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to bounce
2. (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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			botar
gerund			botando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		botado		botada
		plural		botados		botadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	boto	botastú botásvos	bota	botamos	botáis	botan
	imperfect	botaba	botabas	botaba	botábamos	botabais	botaban
	preterite	boté	botaste	botó	botamos	botasteis	botaron
	future	botaré	botarás	botará	botaremos	botaréis	botarán
	conditional	botaría	botarías	botaría	botaríamos	botaríais	botarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bote	botestú botésvos2	bote	botemos	botéis	boten
	imperfect (ra)	botara	botaras	botara	botáramos	botarais	botaran
	imperfect (se)	botase	botases	botase	botásemos	botaseis	botasen
	future1	botare	botares	botare	botáremos	botareis	botaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		botatú botávos	bote	botemos	botad	boten
	negative		no botes	no bote	no botemos	no botéis	no boten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of botar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive botar	dative	botarme	botarte	botarle, botarse	botarnos	botaros	botarles, botarse
	accusative	botarme	botarte	botarlo, botarla, botarse	botarnos	botaros	botarlos, botarlas, botarse
with gerund botando	dative	botándome	botándote	botándole, botándose	botándonos	botándoos	botándoles, botándose
	accusative	botándome	botándote	botándolo, botándola, botándose	botándonos	botándoos	botándolos, botándolas, botándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bota	dative	bótame	bótate	bótale	bótanos	not used	bótales
	accusative	bótame	bótate	bótalo, bótala	bótanos	not used	bótalos, bótalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative botá	dative	botame	botate	botale	botanos	not used	botales
	accusative	botame	botate	botalo, botala	botanos	not used	botalos, botalas
with formal second-person singular imperative bote	dative	bóteme	not used	bótele, bótese	bótenos	not used	bóteles
	accusative	bóteme	not used	bótelo, bótela, bótese	bótenos	not used	bótelos, bótelas
with first-person plural imperative botemos	dative	not used	botémoste	botémosle	botémonos	botémoos	botémosles
	accusative	not used	botémoste	botémoslo, botémosla	botémonos	botémoos	botémoslos, botémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative botad	dative	botadme	not used	botadle	botadnos	botaos	botadles
	accusative	botadme	not used	botadlo, botadla	botadnos	botaos	botadlos, botadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative boten	dative	bótenme	not used	bótenle	bótennos	not used	bótenles, bótense
	accusative	bótenme	not used	bótenlo, bótenla	bótennos	not used	bótenlos, bótenlas, bótense

Derived terms

• botadero
• botador
• botadura
• botafuego
• botalón
• botarate
• botasilla
• botavante
• botavara
• bote
• rebotar

 

Related terms

• botafumeiro
• botarel

 

Further reading

• “botar”, 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

Swedish

Etymology 1

Form of bota (“to heal”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.tar/

Verb

botar

1. present indicative of bota

Related terms

• bota

Etymology 2

Noun

botar

1. indefinite plural of bot

Anagrams

• abort, borta