botar
Meaning
- to bounce
- (Latin-America) to throw, throw away
- (Latin-America) to fire, dismiss
- (transitive) to buck, throw (a rider or pack) by bucking
Concepts
Synonyms
vertir
echar fuera
fundir metales
fundir y vaciar metales
botar a los animales
despedir del empleo
echar afuera
echar o sacar fuera
sacar el ganado al campo
mandar al carajo
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bo‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/boˈtaɾ/
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.
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