voto

See also: votó and votò

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) voto

1. first-person singular present indicative of votar

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

voto

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Galician

Noun

voto m (plural votos)

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

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Italian

Alternative forms

• boto (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin vōtum.

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

 

Verb

voto

1. first-person singular present indicative of votare

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯oː.toː/, [ˈu̯oːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.to/, [ˈvɔːt̪o]

Participle

(deprecated template usage) vōtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vōtus

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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.

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Malagasy

Alternative forms

• voty

Etymology

Borrowed from a Bantu language, ultimately from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀bódó. Compare Swahili mboo, Zulu ubolo, Chichewa mbolo and Shona mboro.

Noun

voto

1. penis

   Synonyms: filahiana, lataka

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“I vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewegʷʰ-. See also the inherited Portuguese doublet bodo (“food, money, or clothes given to the poor on holy days”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.tu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.to/
• Hyphenation: vo‧to

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

 

Verb

voto

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/ [ˈbo.t̪o]

Etymology 1

From Latin vōtum, probably borrowed. See also boda.

Noun

voto m (plural votos)

1. vote
2. vow

Derived terms

• voto matrimonial

 

Hyponyms

• voto decisivo (“swing vote”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

voto

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