Definitions and meaning of roto
roto
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping.
Noun
roto (countable and uncountable, plural rotos)
- (countable, uncountable) Clipping of rotogravure.
- (US, sports, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie baseball.
- (US, sports, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie sports.
Verb
roto (third-person singular simple present rotos, present participle rotoing, simple past and past participle rotoed)
- (informal) Clipping of rotoscope.
Etymology 2
From Spanish roto.
Noun
roto (plural rotos)
- (countable) A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
Anagrams
- Root, Toor, Toro, root, toro, troo
'Are'are
Noun
roto
- fruit
Verb
roto
- to swim
Synonyms
References
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈro.tu]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈro.to]
Etymology 1
Verb
roto
- first-person singular present indicative of rotar (“to belch”)
Etymology 2
Verb
roto
- first-person singular present indicative of rotar (“to rotate, to turn”)
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish roto (“broken”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈroto/, [ˈro.t̪o]
- Hyphenation: ro‧to
Adjective
roto
- torn
Esperanto
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥῶ (rhô, “the letter Ρ”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈroto/
- Rhymes: -oto
- Hyphenation: ro‧to
Noun
roto (accusative singular roton, plural rotoj, accusative plural rotojn)
- rho
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rota, French roue, Italian ruota, Spanish rueda.
Pronunciation
Noun
roto (plural roti)
- wheel
Derived terms
Inari Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *rotō.
Pronunciation
Noun
roto
- grove
Inflection
Further reading
- roto in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje[2], Tromsø: UiT
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Italian
Verb
roto
- first-person singular present indicative of rotare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *rotāō. Equivalent to rota (“wheel”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrɔ.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɔː.t̪o]
Verb
rotō (present infinitive rotāre, perfect active rotāvī, supine rotātum); first conjugation
- (transitive and intransitive) to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “roto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “roto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- roto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- roto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *loto (“pool, depression in reef” – compare with Hawaiian loko “pond, lake, lagoon”, Tahitian roto “pond, lagoon”, Tongan loto “depression in coral or sea bed”) from Proto-Oceanic *loto “concave”.
Noun
roto
- interior
- lake
Preposition
roto
- in, within
References
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “roto”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 406
- “roto” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
Noun
roto
- egg of ant
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.tɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
- Syllabification: ro‧to
Noun
roto f
- vocative singular of rota
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Irregular past participle of romper. From Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō.
Alternative forms
- rôto (pre-reform spelling)
Pronunciation
Adjective
roto (feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)
- torn, ruptured
- tattered, ragged
Derived terms
Noun
roto m (plural rotos)
- (Portugal, derogatory) A poor person, particularly one whose appearance is shabby or unkept.
- (Portugal, derogatory) A homosexual man.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
roto
- first-person singular present indicative of rotar
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
(Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (particularly: shouldn't it be /ˈʁo.tu/?)
Participle
roto (short participle, feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)
- past participle of romper
Shona
Etymology
From -oto (“dreams”).
Pronunciation
Noun
roto? class ?
- dream
See also
- rota
- zviroto, chiroto
- hope
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈroto/ [ˈro.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -oto
- Syllabification: ro‧to
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō. Irregular past participle of romper.
Adjective
roto (feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)
- broken
- Si no está roto, no lo arregles. ― If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
- corrupt, rotten
- (Chile) vulgar, low-class, classless
- ruptured
Derived terms
Noun
roto m (plural rotos, feminine rota, feminine plural rotas)
- a broken thing or person
- (sometimes derogatory) a Chilean
Derived terms
Participle
roto (feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)
- past participle of romper
Usage notes
- It never means broken down, although may sound like a synonym when failure is caused by a fall, crash, impact, etc., that makes the object divide. For the meaning of broken down, see descompuesto, averiado, dañado.
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
roto
- first-person singular present indicative of rotar
Further reading
- “roto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Anagrams
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).
Noun
roto
- lake
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