abotoar

From a- +‎ botón +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [aβotoˈaɾ]

abotoar (first-person singular present abotoo, first-person singular preterite abotoei, past participle abotoado)

1. (transitive) to button, to button up (to fasten with a button or buttons)

   Synonym: abrochar

   Antonym: desabotoar

2. (of a plant, intransitive) to bud (to form buds)

   Synonym: brotar

• desabotoar

• “abotoar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abotoar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abotoar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From a- +‎ botão (“button; bud”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧to‧ar

abotoar (first-person singular present abotoo, first-person singular preterite abotoei, past participle abotoado)

1. to button up (to fasten with a button or buttons)

   Antonym: desabotoar

   Abotoa tua camisa.

   Button up your shirt.

2. (of a plant) to bud (to form buds)

   As rosas abotoaram.

   The roses have budded.

3. (nautical) to connect things by looping it with rope

• “abotoar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.