roto

See also: rotó, rotò, and rōtō

English

Noun

roto (uncountable)

1. rotogravure
2. A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
3. (US, informal) Rotisserie League Baseball.
   • 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: confession of a fantasy football junkie

     "But that's just not an exciting quote, so they put on that roto baseball guy saying disparaging things about fantasy football," Emil concedes, referring to a roto baseball expert that HBO interviewed for the piece […]

   • 1997, "BGI bill", Looking for Rules and Regulations for roto baseball league (on newsgroup pdaxs.sports.baseball)

     Looking to find someone who has a comprehensive list of rules and regulations for Roto baseball.

Anagrams

• Root, Toor, Toro, root, toro, troo

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'Are'are

Noun

roto

1. fruit

Verb

roto

1. to swim

Synonyms

• (to swim): para'au

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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Catalan

Verb

roto

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish roto (“broken”).

Adjective

roto

1. torn

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Esperanto

Greek Alphabet

Ρρ	Previous:	pio kopo
	Next:	sigmo

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥῶ (rhô, “the letter Ρ”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroto/
• Hyphenation: ro‧to
• Rhymes: -oto

Noun

roto (accusative singular roton, plural rotoj, accusative plural rotojn)

1. rho

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rota, French roue, Italian ruota, Spanish rueda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroto/

Noun

roto (plural roti)

1. wheel

Derived terms

• quarrota veturo (“four-wheeled vehicle”)
• rotaro (“wheels, wheel works, wheel movement”)
• rotatre marchar (“to go heels over head”)
• roteskarto (“gauge: distance between the wheels”)
• roto-tormentar (“to break (on a wheel)”)
• rotofelgo (“felloe, felly, rim”)
• rotonabo (“hub, nave”)
• rotosulko (“rut”)

 

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rotō.

Noun

roto

1. grove

Inflection

Even o-stem, t-đ gradation
Nominative	roto
Genitive	rođo
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	roto	rođoh
Accusative	rođo	rođoid
Genitive	rođo	rođoi
Illative	roton	rođoid
Locative	roođoost	rođoin
Comitative	rođoin	rođoiguin
Abessive	rođottáá	rođoittáá
Essive	rottoon
Partitive	rottood
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Italian

Verb

roto

1. first-person singular present indicative of rotare

Anagrams

• orto, toro, Toro

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Latin

Etymology

From rota (“wheel”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈro.toː/, [ˈrɔt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.to/, [ˈrɔːt̪o]

Verb

rotō (present infinitive rotāre, perfect active rotāvī, supine rotātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive and intransitive) I turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rotō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rotō	rotās	rotat	rotāmus	rotātis	rotant
	imperfect	rotābam	rotābās	rotābat	rotābāmus	rotābātis	rotābant
	future	rotābō	rotābis	rotābit	rotābimus	rotābitis	rotābunt
	perfect	rotāvī	rotāvistī	rotāvit	rotāvimus	rotāvistis	rotāvērunt, rotāvēre
	pluperfect	rotāveram	rotāverās	rotāverat	rotāverāmus	rotāverātis	rotāverant
	future perfect	rotāverō	rotāveris	rotāverit	rotāverimus	rotāveritis	rotāverint
passive	present	rotor	rotāris, rotāre	rotātur	rotāmur	rotāminī	rotantur
	imperfect	rotābar	rotābāris, rotābāre	rotābātur	rotābāmur	rotābāminī	rotābantur
	future	rotābor	rotāberis, rotābere	rotābitur	rotābimur	rotābiminī	rotābuntur
	perfect	rotātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	rotātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	rotātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rotem	rotēs	rotet	rotēmus	rotētis	rotent
	imperfect	rotārem	rotārēs	rotāret	rotārēmus	rotārētis	rotārent
	perfect	rotāverim	rotāverīs	rotāverit	rotāverīmus	rotāverītis	rotāverint
	pluperfect	rotāvissem	rotāvissēs	rotāvisset	rotāvissēmus	rotāvissētis	rotāvissent
passive	present	roter	rotēris, rotēre	rotētur	rotēmur	rotēminī	rotentur
	imperfect	rotārer	rotārēris, rotārēre	rotārētur	rotārēmur	rotārēminī	rotārentur
	perfect	rotātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	rotātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rotā	—	—	rotāte	—
	future	—	rotātō	rotātō	—	rotātōte	rotantō
passive	present	—	rotāre	—	—	rotāminī	—
	future	—	rotātor	rotātor	—	—	rotantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rotāre	rotāvisse	rotātūrum esse	rotārī	rotātum esse	rotātum īrī
participles		rotāns	—	rotātūrus	—	rotātus	rotandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rotandī	rotandō	rotandum	rotandō	rotātum	rotātū

Derived terms

• circumrotō
• rotātilis
• rotātim
• rotātiō
• rotātor
• rotātus
• rotundus

 

Related terms

• rota
• rotābilis
• rotālis
• rotula
• rotundātiō
• rotundē
• rotundifolius
• rotunditās
• rotundō
• rotundula
• rotundus

 

Descendants

• French: rouer
• Italian: ruotare
• Occitan: rodar
• Old Occitan: rodar
  • Catalan: rodar
  • → French: rôder
• Portuguese: rodar
• Spanish: rodar
• → English: rotate
• → Italian: rotare
• → Portuguese: rotar
• → Spanish: rotar

References

• “roto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “roto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• roto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• roto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Tahitian roto, Tongan loto).

Noun

roto

1. interior
2. lake

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Old Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan	ꦫꦺꦴꦠꦺꦴ
Roman	roto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.to/

Noun

roto

1. egg of ant

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Portuguese

Etymology

Irregular past participle of romper. From Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō.

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.tu/
• (verb form) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu/

Adjective

1. torn, ruptured
2. tattered, ragged.

Verb

roto

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroto/ [ˈro.t̪o]

Etymology 1

Irregular past participle of romper. From Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō.

Adjective

roto (feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)

1. broken
2. corrupt, rotten
3. (Chile) vulgar, low-class, classless

Derived terms

• blanco roto
• caer en saco roto
• huevos rotos
• pagar los platos rotos

 

Noun

roto m (plural rotos, feminine rota, feminine plural rotas)

1. a broken thing or person
2. (sometimes derogatory) a Chilean

Derived terms

• siempre hay un roto para un descosido
• nunca falta un roto para un descosido

Verb

1. Template:es-verb form of/participle romper.

Usage notes

• It never means broken down, although may sound like a synonym when failure is caused by a fall, crash, impact, etc., that makes the object divide. For the meaning of broken down, see descompuesto, averiado, dañado

Related terms

• romper
• rotura
• ruptura

 

See also

• rompido
• quebrar

Etymology 2

From rotar.

Verb

roto

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

Anagrams

• orto, otro, toro

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Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).

Noun

roto

1. lake