botar

Meaning

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

Synonyms

abalançar-se

precipitar-se

saltironejar

sobtar-se

sobresaltar

enjogassar-se

llançar-se

fer un bot

Frequency

33k
Pronounced as (IPA)
[buˈta]
Etymology

In summary

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”).

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