balota

See also: balotá, bałota, and балота

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: balotas, balotât

Verb

balota

1. third-person singular past historic of baloter

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish balota.

Noun

balóta

1. ballot

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlota/ [baˈlo.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: ba‧lo‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ballotte.

Noun

balota f (plural balotas)

1. (chiefly Latin America) ballot

   Synonym: boleta (Cuba; Mexico; US)

Derived terms

• balotar

 

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: balota

Etymology 2

Verb

balota

1. inflection of balotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “balota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balota, from French ballotte, from Italian ballotta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlota/ [bɐˈloː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: ba‧lo‧ta

Noun

balota (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ)

1. ballot paper; ballot

Further reading

• “balota”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• balato