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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese boto (“boto”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??t??/

Noun

boto (plural botos)

1. Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system

See also

• boto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inia geoffrensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• BOOT, Boot, OOTB, boot

Catalan

Verb

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of botre

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish voto.

Noun

boto

1. vote

Verb

boto

1. to vote

Etymology 2

Noun

boto

1. Misspelling of buto.

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English boot, French botte.

Pronunciation

Noun

boto (accusative singular boton, plural botoj, accusative plural botojn)

1. boot

Fijian

Noun

boto

1. frog

Galician

Etymology 1

Either onomatopoeic, or from the same Germanic origin as Gothic ???????????????????? (bauþs). Compare Dutch bot (“blunt, dull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boto?/

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

1. Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)

   Synonym: arroaz boto

Adjective

boto m (feminine singular bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)

1. blunt, dull

Etymology 2

From bota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?to?/

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

1. wineskin, waterskin

References

• “boto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “boto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “boto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “boto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gothic

Romanization

b?t?

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From Ilocano boto (“penis”).

Noun

boto

1. penis, male genital

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto boto, English boot, French botte, Russian ???????? (botínok), Spanish bota.

Noun

boto (plural boti)

1. boot

Derived terms

• boteto (“short boot, half-boot; shoe”)
• botizar (“to put boots on, boot”)

Javanese

Noun

boto

1. Nonstandard spelling of bata.

Old High German

Etymology

Cognate to Old High German biotan (“to offer, send, command”).

Noun

boto m

1. messenger, envoy

Descendants

• German: Bote

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch boot and Portuguese bote and Spanish bote

Noun

boto

1. boat, ship, vessel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Nouns and adjective:

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /?bo.tu/

Verb:

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /?b?.tu/

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• bôto (obsolete)

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

1. boto (Inia geoffrensis, a freshwater dolphin of the Amazon)

   Synonym: tucuxi

2. (loosely) any dolphin, especially a freshwater one

   Synonyms: delfim, golfinho

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• bôto (obsolete)

Adjective

boto m (feminine singular bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas, comparable)

1. dull (lacking a sharp edge or point)

   Synonyms: cego, embotado, rombo

2. dull; slow (unable to think quickly)

   Synonyms: devagar, embotado, lento

Etymology 3

From Konkani [script needed] (bhat), from Sanskrit ???? (bha??a).

Alternative forms

• bôto (obsolete)

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

1. (Hinduism) Bhat (Brahmin who has learned all the four Vedas)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

boto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of botar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Gothic ???????????????????? (bauþs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boto/, [?bo.t?o]

Adjective

boto (feminine bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)

1. blunt

Verb

boto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of botar.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English boat or Dutch boot

Noun

boto

1. boat

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish voto.

Noun

bóto

1. vote
2. vow

Derived terms

Related terms

Venetian

Noun

boto m (plural boti)

1. explosion, bang
2. thud, thump
3. toll (of a bell)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?bo?/

Etymology 1

Blend of bourgeois +? bohemian, popularized by David Brooks to describe the 1990s equivalent of the yuppie.

Noun

bobo (plural bobos)

1. A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
2. A self-styled bodyguard or groupie of the nouveau riche (such as a professional athlete or musician)
3. An imitation of something, particularly a well known product, usually lower in quality than the original.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”).

Noun

bobo (plural bobos)

1. (Louisiana, Montreal) A boo-boo (minor injury)

See also

• Bobo doll

References

Anagrams

• boob, obbo

Albanian

Alternative forms

• obobo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /b?.b?/

Interjection

bobo

1. alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

See also

• kúkú
• mos

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?.bo?/
• Hyphenation: bo?bo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo bobo, from Portuguese bobo or alternatively Spanish bobo.

Noun

bobo m (plural bobo's)

1. (Suriname) sucker, fool

   Synonyms: domkop, sufferd, sukkel

Etymology 2

Shortening of bondsbons. Said to be coined by Joop Niezen in 1978. Popularised in 1988 by Ruud Gullit, whose usage was likely influenced by etymology 1.

Noun

bobo m (plural bobo's)

1. (Netherlands) football bigwig [from late 1970s or early 1980s]
   • 1983 November 10, M.H., "Bobo's", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden , vol. 96, no. 265, page 19.

2. (Netherlands, by extension) any bigwig [from late 1980s]

References

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.bo/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

1. (childish) boo-boo (pain or injury)

Etymology 2

Blend of bourgeois +? bohème.

Noun

bobo m or f (plural bobos)

1. bobo, boho

Further reading

• “bobo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hiligaynon

Verb

bóbó or bôbô

1. pour out or over

Verb

bóbo

1. baptism without ceremony

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bàba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??b?/
• IPA^(key): /?b?b?/

Noun

bobo f

1. grandmother
2. old woman

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo.bu/
  • (Portugal) IPA^(key): [?bo.?u]
  • (Brazil) IPA^(key): [?bo.bu]
• Hyphenation: bo?bo

Adjective

bobo m (feminine singular boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas, comparable)

1. (Brazil) silly, stupid
2. (Brazil) naive

Synonyms

• (stupid): See here

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

1. (historical) jester (person who amused a medieval court)

   Synonym: bobo da corte

2. (chiefly Brazil) a stupid or naive person; a fool.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool/translations

Derived terms

• bobagem (“nonsense”)
• bobo da corte

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin balbus (“stuttering”), influenced by sound symbolism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bobo/, [?bo.??o]

Adjective

bobo (feminine boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas)

1. stupid, silly, naive

   Synonym: tonto

Derived terms

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

1. a stupid or naive person; a fool

Further reading

• “bobo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Portuguese bobo.

Noun

bobo

1. dolt, dweeb, wimp

Adjective

bobo

1. doltish, sluggish

Verb

bobo

1. to behave like a dolt

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bubo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bobo/

Noun

bobo

1. (vulgar, informal, derogatory) fool; idiot; simpleton

Adjective

bobo

1. stupid; idiotic

Derived terms

See also

• consuelo de bobo