botar

Meaning

  1. to bounce
  2. (Latin-America) to throw, throw away
  3. (Latin-America) to fire, dismiss
  4. (transitive) to buck, throw (a rider or pack) by bucking

Frequency

25k
Hyphenated as
bo‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/boˈtaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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