botar
Meanings
Verb
1. to bounce
2. to throw, throw away (Latin America, Canary Islands)
3. to fire, dismiss (Latin America)
4. to buck, throw (a rider or pack) by bucking (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal)
5. to lie down (to assume a reclining position) (Canary Islands, reflexive)
6. to squander, to blow, to fritter away (Andes Mountains, Argentina, Canary Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, transitive)
Examples20
Trataré de salir de aquí sin botar nada.
When I leave here, I'll try not to knock anything down.
Le han botado de su empleo.
They've fired him.
¡Bótate a la verga!
Fuck off!
Tenga cuidado, no bote esos papeles.
Be careful. Don't throw away those papers.
No has botado la basura.
You haven't taken out the trash.
Toda esta basura debe ser botada.
All this junk needs to be thrown away.