Feminine

botta

Meaning

  1. (feminine) blow, hit (violent attack)
  2. (feminine) hit, bump (accidental injury)
  3. (feminine, figuratively) blow (damaging occurrence)
  4. (feminine, figuratively) dig, jibe (cutting remark)
  5. (feminine) time (instance)
  6. (feminine) shot, boost, spree (of a mental state or similar)
  7. (feminine, vulgar) sexual intercourse, especially if short

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
bòt‧ta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɔt.ta/
Etymology

From the verb bottare, from Old French boter (“to strike”), from Frankish *buttan, from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, strike”).

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