voto

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) vote (a formalised choice)
2. (masculine) vote (act or instance of participating in such a choice)
3. (masculine) vow (solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
4. (masculine) an offering given during a vow

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of votar

Hyphenated as

vo‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɔ.tu/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“to vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. Doublet of the inherited bodo (“food, money, or clothes given to the poor on holy days”) and boda (“wedding”).

Sentences

Antes , eu disse que todos os estados da União haviam admitido o voto universal .

Earlier, I said that every state in the Union had admitted the universal vote.