botón

See also: boton

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈton/ [boˈt̪õŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bo‧tón

Noun

botón m (plural botones)

1. button
2. bud (of a leaf or flower)

Related terms

• abotonar

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “botón”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “botón”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• botom, botão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century. Probably from Old French bouton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈtoŋ/ [boˈt̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: bo‧tón

Noun

botón m (plural botóns)

1. button
   • 1321, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 119:

     Iten xvi botoes que ten Fernan Peres de Meyra por v mor. Iten outros xvi botoes que ten Juana

     Item, 16 buttons that are kept by Fernán Pérez de Meira, by 5 mor. Item, another 16 buttons that are kept by Xoana

2. bud (of a leaf or flower)
3. sucker (of a cephalopod)

Derived terms

• abotoador
• abotoar
• botoadura
• botón de ouro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “botoadura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “boto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boton”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “botón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “botón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈton/ [boˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bo‧tón

Etymology 1

Possibly from botar, or from Old French bouton. Compare Italian bottone, Portuguese botão.

Noun

botón m (plural botones)

1. button (clothing, mechanical)

   darle al botón ― to press a button

2. key (on a musical instrument)
3. bud (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded)
4. (fencing) button (blunted tip of a foil)

Derived terms

• abotonar
• botón azul
• botón de fuego
• botón de mando
• botón de muestra
• botón de oro
• de botones adentro
• para muestra basta un botón

Descendants

• → Cebuano: butones
• → Guaraní: votõ
• → Tagalog: boton, botones
• → Taos: bùtún-

Etymology 2

In reference to the buttons that cops sometimes wear. See also tombo.

Noun

botón m or f by sense (plural botones)

1. (slang, Rioplatense) cop

Further reading

• “botón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024