botta
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /bɔ.ta/
- Homophones: bottas, bottât
Verb edit
botta
- third-person singular past historic of botter
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From the verb bottare, from Old French boter (“to strike”), from Frankish *buttan, from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, strike”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
botta f (plural botte)
- blow, hit (violent attack)
- Synonym: colpo
- dare una botta in testa ― to give a blow in the head
- fare a botte ― to wrestle, tussle, fight
- hit, bump (accidental injury)
- Synonym: colpo
- ho preso una botta in testa ― I got a bump on the head
- (figurative) blow (damaging occurrence)
- Synonym: batosta
- la bolletta della luce è stata una bella botta ― the electric bill was a great blow
- (figurative) dig, jibe (cutting remark)
- Synonym: frecciatina
- time (instance)
- Synonym: batosta
- tre a botta ― three at a time
- in una botta ― at once
- shot, boost, spree (of a mental state or similar)
- botta di adrenalina ― shot of adrenaline
- botta di vita ― splurge, shot of life
- botta di culo ― stroke of luck
- (vulgar) sexual intercourse, especially if short
- una botta e via ― one-night stand (literally, “one quickie and away”)
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Descendants edit
- → Maltese: botta
References edit
- botta1 in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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Noun edit
botta f (plural botti)