"botón" meaning in Spanish

See botón in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /boˈton/, [boˈt̪õn] Forms: botones [plural]
Rhymes: -on Etymology: From Old French boton (Modern French bouton). Cognate with English button, Italian bottone, Portuguese botão. Etymology templates: {{der|es|fro|boton}} Old French boton, {{cog|en|button}} English button, {{cog|it|bottone}} Italian bottone, {{cog|pt|botão}} Portuguese botão Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} botón m (plural botones)
  1. button (clothing, mechanical) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-botón-es-noun-QngC0~07 Categories (other): Spanish terms with collocations, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 14 14 16 26 29
  2. key (on a musical instrument) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-botón-es-noun-QpFzP8Bl Categories (other): Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 14 14 16 26 29
  3. bud (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-botón-es-noun-ZipR1Gry Categories (other): Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 14 14 16 26 29
  4. (fencing) button (blunted tip of a foil) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-botón-es-noun-QGSWHT6O Categories (other): Fencing, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 14 36 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 52 5 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 12 74 4 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 14 14 16 26 29 Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abotonar, botón azul, botón de fuego, botón de mando, botón de muestra, botón de oro, de botones adentro, para muestra basta un botón
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /boˈton/, [boˈt̪õn] Forms: botones [plural]
Rhymes: -on Etymology: In reference to the buttons that cops sometimes wear. See also tombo. Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} botón m or f by sense (plural botones)
  1. (slang, Rioplatense) cop Tags: Rioplatense, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-botón-es-noun-scArcXyU Categories (other): Rioplatense Spanish, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 14 14 16 26 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "abotonar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "botón azul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "botón de fuego"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "botón de mando"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "botón de muestra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "botón de oro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "de botones adentro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "para muestra basta un botón"
    }
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      ],
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      "lang": "Paraguayan Guarani",
      "lang_code": "gug",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "votõ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "boton"
    },
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      "lang_code": "tl",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Taos",
      "lang_code": "twf",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bùtún-"
    }
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      "expansion": "Old French boton",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "English button",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Italian bottone",
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          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
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      ],
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      ],
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          "fencing#Noun"
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
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        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/boˈton/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[boˈt̪õn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "botón"
}

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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    "bo‧tón"
  ],
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        "bo‧tón"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[boˈt̪õn]"
    },
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    }
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    },
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      "word": "botón azul"
    },
    {
      "word": "botón de fuego"
    },
    {
      "word": "botón de mando"
    },
    {
      "word": "botón de muestra"
    },
    {
      "word": "botón de oro"
    },
    {
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      "word": "para muestra basta un botón"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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    {
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      ]
    }
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bo‧tón"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "bo‧tón"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          ],
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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      ],
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      ],
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        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/boˈton/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[boˈt̪õn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
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    {
      "ipa": "[boˈt̪õn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
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}

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