botón

See also: boton

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈton/, [boˈt̪õŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: bo‧tón

Noun

botón m (plural botones)

1. button
2. bud (of a leaf or flower)

Related terms

• abotonar

Galician

Alternative forms

• botom, botão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century. Probably from Old French bouton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈtoŋ/ [boˈt̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: bo‧tón

Noun

botón m (plural botóns)

1. button
   • 1321, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 119:

     Iten xvi botoes que ten Fernan Peres de Meyra por v mor. Iten outros xvi botoes que ten Juana

     Item, 16 buttons that are kept by Fernán Pérez de Meira, by 5 mor. Item, another 16 buttons that are kept by Xoana

2. bud (of a leaf or flower)
3. sucker (of a cephalopod)

Derived terms

• abotoador
• abotoar
• botoadura
• botón de ouro

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “botoadura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “boto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boton”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “botón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “botón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from botar, or from Old French bouton. Compare Italian bottone, Portuguese botão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈton/ [boˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bo‧tón

Noun

botón m (plural botones)

1. button (clothing, mechanical)

   darle al botón ― to press a button

2. key (on a musical instrument)
3. bud (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded)
4. (slang, Argentina) cop

Derived terms

• abotonar
• botón azul
• botón de fuego
• botón de mando
• botón de muestra
• botón de oro
• de botones adentro
• para muestra basta un botón

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: butones
• → Guaraní: votõ
• → Tagalog: boton, botones
• → Taos: bùtún-

Further reading

• “botón”, 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