botante

voternoun

Alternative meanings

a person who votes; elector; participant in an election; person with the right to cast a vote; citizen participating in a vote

Pronunciation

boh-TAHN-teh

Root and affixes

From botar, to vote, and boto, vote. Botante names the person who votes.

Variants or conjugations

botante = voter; mobotar = will vote; nibotar = voted; botar = to vote; boto = vote; elektoral = electoral

Related words and expressions

vote, to vote, election, candidate, government, politics, voting

Meaning and usage notes

Botante is clear in electoral contexts. For elector in a formal sense, elector may also appear in some texts, but botante is more direct.