votar

From Latin vōtum < voveō.

• IPA^(key): /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ]

votar (first-person singular indicative present voto, past participle votáu)

1. to vote (assert a formalised choice)

• votu

votar

1. (Timau) father

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Latin vōtum < voveō. Compare Spanish and Portuguese votar, French vouer, Italian votare.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [voˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [voˈtaɾ]
• Homophones: botar, butà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

votar (first-person singular present voto, first-person singular preterite votí, past participle votat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to vote

• “votar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Latin vōtum.

votar (first-person singular present voto, first-person singular preterite votei, past participle votado)

1. to vote

• “votar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “votar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowing from English vote, French voter, German Votum, Italian votare, Russian во́тум (vótum) and Spanish votar.

• IPA^(key): /voˈtar/
• Hyphenation: vo‧tar

votar (present tense votas, past tense votis, future tense votos, imperative votez, conditional votus)

1. (intransitive) to vote (either viva voce or by ballot)
2. (transitive) to vote (for)
3. (transitive) to enact

From Latin vōtum.

• IPA^(key): /buˈta/

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votar

1. to vote

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From voto (“vote”) +‎ -ar, from Latin vōtum < voveō. Compare Spanish votar, Italian votare, French vouer.

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [βuˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: botar (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: vo‧tar

votar (first-person singular present voto, first-person singular preterite votei, past participle votado)

1. (intransitive) to vote [with em ‘for someone/something’; or with contra ‘against someone/something’]

   Eu votei nela. ― I voted for her.

2. to poll

From voto +‎ -ar, the first element a borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /boˈtaɾ/ [boˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vo‧tar
• Homophone: botar

votar (first-person singular present voto, first-person singular preterite voté, past participle votado)

1. to vote
2. (Latin America) to throw

   Synonym: botar

   No votar basura. ― Do not litter. (literally, “Do not throw garbage.”)

• “votar”, 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

From Latin vōtum < voveō. Compare Italian votare.

votar

1. (transitive) to vote (for)

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.