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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

boto.

any dolphin, especially a freshwater one

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbo.tu/Brazil/ˈbo.tu/Portugal
  1. any dolphin, especially a freshwater one

    masculine
  2. Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)

    Brazil · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unknown.

adj/ˈbo.tu/Brazil/ˈbo.tu/Portugal
  1. dull (lacking a sharp edge or point)

  2. dull; slow (unable to think quickly)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese boto of unknown origin. Perhaps a Germanic borrowing, from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs, “dull, deaf”).

noun/ˈbo.tu/Brazil/ˈbo.tu/Portugal
  1. Bhat (Brahmin who has learned all the four Vedas)

    Hinduism · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Konkani [script needed] (bhat), from Sanskrit भट्ट (bhaṭṭa).

noun/ˈbɔ.tu/Brazil/ˈbɔ.tu/Portugal
  1. wineskin, water skin (container for liquids made out of animal hide)

    masculine · regional
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Perhaps from a derivative of Late Latin buttis, butta (“barrel, cask”), or otherwise related to bota (“boot”).

verb/ˈbɔ.tu/Brazil/ˈbɔ.tu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of botar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.