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botar.

to bounce

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/boˈtaɾ/[boˈt̪aɾ]
  1. to bounce

  2. to throw, throw away

    Canary-Islands · Latin-America
  3. to fire, dismiss

    Latin-America
  4. to buck, throw (a rider or pack) by bucking

    transitive
  5. to lie down (to assume a reclining position)

    Canary-Islands · reflexive
  6. to squander, to blow, to fritter away

    Argentina · Canary-Islands · Colombia · Cuba · Guatemala · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Puerto-Rico · Venezuela · transitive
Where this word comes from

Via Old French bouter (“to strike”) (modern French bouter), from Frankish *buttan, from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, strike”). Compare French bouter, Portuguese botar and Italian buttare.

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