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

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 (“I 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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwoː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔː.t̪o]

Participle

vōtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vōtus

Noun

vōtō

1. dative/ablative singular of vōtum

References

• “voto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• voto 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 iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “voto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “voto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “voto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “voto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “voto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

2. vow

   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
• 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10