voto

See also: votó and votò

Asturian

Verb

voto

1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbo.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvo.to]

Verb

voto

1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish voto (“vote”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/, [ˈbo.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: vo‧to

Noun

voto

1. vote

Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish voto.

Noun

voto

1. vote

References

• Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974), Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 134

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔto/ [ˈbɔ.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: vo‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“to vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-.

Noun

voto m (plural votos)

1. vote, ballot
2. suffrage, the power or right to vote
3. (religion) vow

Etymology 2

Verb

voto

1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin vōtum.

Alternative forms

• boto (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.to/
• Rhymes: -oto
• Hyphenation: vó‧to

Noun

voto m (plural voti)

1. vow
2. vote, ballot

   Ogni voto conta. ― Every vote counts.

   Il voto è unanime. ― The vote is unanimous.

3. mark, grade

   Presi un buon voto in inglese. ― I got a good grade in English.

4. votive offering
5. wish

Related terms

• votare
• votazione
• votivo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.to/
• Rhymes: -oto
• Hyphenation: vó‧to

Verb

voto

1. first-person singular present indicative of votare

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: vò‧to
• (Romanesco) IPA^(key): /vɔd̞o/

Adjective

voto (feminine vota, masculine plural voti, feminine plural vote)

1. (literary or colloquial Tuscan, Romanesco) alternative form of vuoto

Further reading

• voto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• voto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• voto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• voto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• voto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• votō:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɔ.toː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔː.to]
• vōtō:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwoː.toː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔː.to]

Etymology 1

Verb

votō (present infinitive votāre, perfect active votuī, supine votitum); first conjugation

1. Old Latin form of vetō
   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria 4.1.10–11:

     Ut adhuc fuit, mihi corium esse oportet
     sincerum atque ut votem verberari.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of votō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	votō		votās		votat		votāmus		votātis		votant
	imperfect	votābam		votābās		votābat		votābāmus		votābātis		votābant
	future	votābō		votābis		votābit		votābimus		votābitis		votābunt
	perfect	votuī		votuistī		votuit		votuimus		votuistis		votuērunt, votuēre
	pluperfect	votueram		votuerās		votuerat		votuerāmus		votuerātis		votuerant
	future perfect	votuerō		votueris		votuerit		votuerimus		votueritis		votuerint
passive	present	votor		votāris, votāre		votātur		votāmur		votāminī		votantur
	imperfect	votābar		votābāris, votābāre		votābātur		votābāmur		votābāminī		votābantur
	future	votābor		votāberis, votābere		votābitur		votābimur		votābiminī		votābuntur
	perfect	votitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	votitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	votitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	votem		votēs		votet		votēmus		votētis		votent
	imperfect	votārem		votārēs		votāret		votārēmus		votārētis		votārent
	perfect	votuerim		votuerīs		votuerit		votuerīmus		votuerītis		votuerint
	pluperfect	votuissem		votuissēs		votuisset		votuissēmus		votuissētis		votuissent
passive	present	voter		votēris, votēre		votētur		votēmur		votēminī		votentur
	imperfect	votārer		votārēris, votārēre		votārētur		votārēmur		votārēminī		votārentur
	perfect	votitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	votitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		votā		—		—		votāte		—
	future	—		votātō		votātō		—		votātōte		votantō
passive	present	—		votāre		—		—		votāminī		—
	future	—		votātor		votātor		—		—		votantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		votāre			votārī			votāns			—
future		votitūrum esse			votitum īrī			votitūrus			votandus
perfect		votuisse			votitum esse			—			votitus
future perfect		—			votitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		votitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		votandī		votandō		votandum		votandō		votitum		votitū

Etymology 2

Participle

vōtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vōtus

Noun

vōtō

1. dative/ablative singular of vōtum

References

• “vŏto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vŏto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Malagasy

Alternative forms

• voty

Etymology

Several etymologies have been proposed:

• Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *buCuq (“testicles”). Compare Ma'anyan wutu, Malay butuh, and Saisiyat bosoe'.
• Less likely, borrowed from a Bantu language, from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀bódó. Compare Swahili mboo, Zulu ubolo, Chichewa mbolo and Shona mboro.

Noun

voto

1. penis (male organ for copulation and urination)

   Synonyms: filahiana, lataka

References

• voto in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tu/

• Hyphenation: vo‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“to vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. Doublet of the inherited bodo (“food, money, or clothes given to the poor on holy days”) and boda (“wedding”).

Noun

voto m (plural votos)

1. vote (a formalised choice)
2. vote (act or instance of participating in such a choice)

   Synonym: votação

3. vow (solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)

   Synonyms: compromisso, promessa

4. an offering given during a vow

Derived terms

• voto censitário
• voto de confiança
• voto de Minerva
• voto de qualidade
• voto em branco
• voto nominal
• voto plural
• voto proporcional
• voto secreto
• voto simples
• voto solene
• voto vencido
• votos

Related terms

• votação
• votado
• votante
• votar
• votável
• votismo
• votivamente
• votivo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

voto

1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Further reading

• “voto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “voto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “voto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “voto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “voto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “voto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/ [ˈbo.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: vo‧to
• Homophone: boto

Etymology 1

Probably a learned borrowing from Latin vōtum. See also boda.

Noun

voto m (plural votos)

1. vote

   voto decisivo ― swing vote

   • 2015 July 18, Silvia Ayuso, “Los republicanos se entrampan con el voto hispano”, in El País‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 January 2026:

     Pero debido al mensaje antiinmigrante -llegó a proponer la autodeportación de indocumentados- que le aupó entre los votantes blancos más conservadores, solo obtuvo el 23 % del voto latino.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. vow

   Synonym: manda

   tomar los votos ― take one's vows

Hyponyms

• voto de amén
• voto de calidad
• voto de censura
• voto de confianza
• voto de reata

Derived terms

• regular los votos
• votar
• voto a bríos
• voto a Cribas
• voto a Cristo
• voto a Dios
• voto a rus
• voto a tal
• voto al chápiro
• voto de reata
• voto de Santiago
• voto matrimonial
• voto particular
• voto útil

Descendants

• → Cebuano: boto
• → Chayuco Mixtec: voto
• → Hiligaynon: boto
• → Ilocano: botos
• → Tagalog: boto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

voto

1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

Further reading

• “voto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025