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boto

“boto” is a Venetan word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. explosion, bang
  2. thud, thump
  3. toll (of a bell)

Examples

  • De boto, verso el 6500 AC, n'eroxion ła ga portà via el geso formando ła Mànica che da quel moménto łà ła xe ndà vanti slargarse; anca deso el mar el sèvita magnar via el geso dei scoji.
  • Col Black album i fà el boto, un mucio de copie vendùe, tre àni de tournè in giro pal mondo sensa mai fermarse.

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Etymology

Related to the Italian verb buttare (“to toss, fling, throw about”), from Old French bouter (“to strike”).

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