Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/boˈton/

Line drawing of botón
Coloured illustration of botón
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Translation

button

Word origin

From Old French boton ('bud, button'), from bouter ('to push, thrust'), of Germanic origin. The button is literally the thing you push.

Origin
Old French
Root
boton
English cognates
button

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralbotones

Examples

.

A button fell off my shirt.

Aprieta .

Press the red button to turn on the machine.

.

This coat has very pretty golden buttons.

¿ pulsar ?

Which button do you have to press to go up?

abrocharse .

The child does not know how to do up his buttons yet.

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This word is part of lesson 34.