botar

Meaning

1. (Balearic,Central,Valencia,intransitive) to bounce, to bound
2. (Balearic,Central,Valencia,transitive) to leap over

Pronounced as (IPA)

[buˈta]

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”).