boto
Portuguese, noun
boto is spelled B-O-T-O (4 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “any dolphin, especially a freshwater one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of botar. With an accent, bôto is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero da ordem dos cetáceos Inia geoffrensis, nativo da Amazônia e das costas do Atlântico e Pacífico…”.
What does boto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany dolphin, especially a freshwater one
- 2
BrazilmasculineAmazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)
adjective
- 1
dull (lacking a sharp edge or point)
- 2
dull; slow (unable to think quickly)
noun
- 1
masculineBhat (Brahmin who has learned all the four Vedas)
noun
- 1
masculinewineskin, water skin (container for liquids made out of animal hide)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of botar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of boto
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of boto
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of boto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero da ordem dos cetáceos Inia geoffrensis, nativo da Amazônia e das costas do Atlântico e Pacífico, parecido com um golfinho 2. odre
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of boto
- botos plural
- bôto alternative
- bota feminine
- botas feminine plural
- bôtos plural
- bôta feminine
- bôtas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to boto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boto in Portuguese?
boto appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).