comporta

See also: comportá

Catalan

Etymology 1

From com- +‎ porta.

Noun

comporta f (plural comportes)

1. sluice, floodgate

   Synonym: assut

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

comporta

1. inflection of comportar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “comporta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Verb

comporta

1. third-person singular past historic of comporter

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpɔr.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrta
• Hyphenation: com‧pòr‧ta

Verb

comporta

1. inflection of comportare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• comparto, comprato

Latin

Verb

comportā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of comportō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɔʁ.tɐ/ [kõˈpɔh.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɔʁ.tɐ/ [kõˈpɔh.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɔɾ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɔʁ.tɐ/ [kõˈpɔχ.tɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɔɻ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɔʁ.ta/ [kõˈpɔh.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɔɾ.tɐ/

Etymology 1

Noun

comporta f (plural comportas)

1. floodgate

Etymology 2

Verb

comporta

1. inflection of comportar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “comporta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “comporta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Alternative forms

• compurta — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from French comporter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.porˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: com‧por‧ta

Verb

a comporta (third-person singular present comportă, past participle comportat, third-person subjunctive comporte) 1st conjugation

1. (reflexive) to behave, to conduct, comport oneself

   Synonyms: se purta, (literary) se conduce

2. (transitive, formal, uncommon) to involve, entail

   Synonym: presupune

   • 1974, Florin Badea, Francisc Kerek, chapter 3, in Stereochimie [Stereochemistry], Bucharest: Editura Științifică, page 108:

     Analiza unui model molecular, din punctul de vedere al chiralității acestuia, comportă identificarea elementelor de structură din scheletul moleculei […]

     The analysis of a molecular model in regard to its chirality involves the identification of the structural elements from the molecular skeleton […]

Conjugation

    conjugation of comporta (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a comporta
gerund			comportând
past participle			comportat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	comport	comporți	comportă	comportăm	comportați	comportă
	imperfect	comportam	comportai	comporta	comportam	comportați	comportau
	simple perfect	comportai	comportași	comportă	comportarăm	comportarăți	comportară
	pluperfect	comportasem	comportaseși	comportase	comportaserăm	comportaserăți	comportaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să comport	să comporți	să comporte	să comportăm	să comportați	să comporte
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		comportă			comportați
	negative		nu comporta			nu comportați

Derived terms

• comportare

Related terms

• comportament

Further reading

• “comporta”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpoɾta/ [kõmˈpoɾ.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -oɾta
• Syllabification: com‧por‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from comportar.

Noun

comporta f (plural comportas)

1. a kind of basket used for carrying grapes picked off the vine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

comporta

1. inflection of comportar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “comporta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025