pórtico

See also: portico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porticus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ˈpɔh.t͡ʃi.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ˈpɔh.t͡ʃi.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ˈpɔχ.t͡ʃi.ku]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɻ.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.ti.ku/

• Hyphenation: pór‧ti‧co

Noun

pórtico m (plural pórticos)

1. (architecture) portico (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porticus. Doublet of porche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾtiko/ [ˈpoɾ.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -oɾtiko
• Syllabification: pór‧ti‧co

Noun

pórtico m (plural pórticos)

1. (architecture) portico
2. porch

Further reading

• “pórtico”, 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