beto

See also: beto', bɛto, and Beto

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeto/

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• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: be‧to

Etymology 1

Derived from Latin bēta.

Noun

beto (accusative singular beton, plural betoj, accusative plural betojn)

1. red beet

Etymology 2

Greek Alphabet

Ββ	Previous:	alfo
	Next:	gamo

From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).

Noun

beto (accusative singular beton, plural betoj, accusative plural betojn)

1. beta

Further reading

• “beto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “beto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ido

Noun

beto (plural beti)

1. red beet

Kituba

Pronoun

beto

1. we

Latin

Alternative forms

• baetō
• bītō

Verb

bētō (present infinitive bētere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. alternative form of baetō (“to go”)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of bētō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	bētō		bētis		bētit		bētimus		bētitis		bētunt
	imperfect	bētēbam		bētēbās		bētēbat		bētēbāmus		bētēbātis		bētēbant
	future	bētam		bētēs		bētet		bētēmus		bētētis		bētent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	bētam		bētās		bētat		bētāmus		bētātis		bētant
	imperfect	bēterem		bēterēs		bēteret		bēterēmus		bēterētis		bēterent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		bēte		—		—		bētite		—
	future	—		bētitō		bētitō		—		bētitōte		bētuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		bētere			—			bētēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		bētendī		bētendō		bētendum		bētendō		—		—

Further reading

• “beto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "beto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “beto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Beto (“a male given name”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Homophone: veto (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: be‧to

Adjective

beto (feminine beta, masculine plural betos, feminine plural betas)

1. (Portugal, colloquial, derogatory) dandy, posh

Noun

beto m (plural betos, feminine beta, feminine plural betas)

1. (Portugal, colloquial, derogatory) dandy (a young, upper-class man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)

   Synonyms: betinho, (Brazil) mauricinho

Derived terms

• betinho
• agrobeto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beto

1. first-person singular present indicative of betar

Further reading

• “beto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “beto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swedish

Verb

beto

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of bita

Anagrams

• boet

Ternate

Etymology

From N- (nominalizer) +‎ feto (“to complain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbe.to]

Noun

beto

1. a word

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh