botar

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • to bounce
  • (Latin America) to throw, throw away
  • (Latin America) to fire, dismiss

Etymology

Derived from Old French boter (strike) derived from Frankish *buttan, *bautan (strike, beat, hit, push) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰau- (beat, strike, hew).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰau-

Gloss

beat, strike, hew

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