botear
Spanish, verb[bot̪eˈaɾ]
botear is spelled B-O-T-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Botear is a Spanish verb meaning “to raise money for charity by getting people to give donations to a collection box” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedir contribuciones de dinero con un bote para financiar una causa benéfica”.
What does botear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to raise money for charity by getting people to give donations to a collection box
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pedir contribuciones de dinero con un bote para financiar una causa benéfica. 2. Trasladar pasajeros en automóviles particulares con trayectos fijos y un precio previamente tarifado.
verb: 1. Hacer que algo bote.
verb: 1. Dicho de un cuerpo: salir despedido al colisionar con otro.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of botear
- boteo first-person present singular
- boteé first-person preterite singular
- boteado participle past
- boteando gerund
- boteada feminine participle past
- boteados masculine participle past
- boteadas feminine participle past
- boteas indicative informal present
- boteás indicative informal present
- botea indicative present singular
- boteamos first-person indicative plural
- boteáis indicative plural present
- botean indicative plural present
- boteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- boteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- boteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- boteabais imperfect indicative plural
- boteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce botear?
- [bot̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is botear in Spanish?
botear appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).