porto

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See also: Porto, portó, portò, and pôrto

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

porto (plural portos)

  1. An apéritif made from port.
  2. Synonym of port.

Synonyms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Noun[edit]

porto m (plural portos)

  1. (Eonavian) Alternative form of puertu

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

porto

  1. postage; payment for sending a letter or package

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Loanword from Italian.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.toː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: por‧to

Noun[edit]

porto m (plural porti or porto's)

  1. the postage due for having a letter or package transported and delivered by a postal service

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

porto m (plural portos)

  1. port wine

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Harbour sign, Burela, Lugo
Harbour of A Coruña, 1910s

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese porto, from Latin portus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

porto m (plural portos)

  1. port, harbour
  2. ford
    • 1264, E. Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 364:
      pelo camino que vay peraa devesa de valadares asy como vay o porto do rrio u pasan os carros
      by the road that goes to the wood of Valadares as it goes by the ford of the river where the carts cross
  3. pass, defile
  4. port wine

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

References[edit]

  • “porto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “porto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “porto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “porto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “porto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from the root *per- (“to go forth”, “to cross”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

porto m (plural porti)

  1. port, harbour/harbor
Descendants[edit]
  • → Romanian: port
  • →⇒ Slavomolisano: lupuort

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese Porto, name of the city where the wines were originally shipped from.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

porto m (plural porti)

  1. port (type of wine)

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.to/, /ˈpor.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrto, -orto
  • Hyphenation: pòr‧to, pór‧to

Noun[edit]

porto m (plural porti)

  1. (archaic) ferry

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.to/, /ˈpor.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrto, -orto
  • Hyphenation: pòr‧to, pór‧to

Participle[edit]

porto (feminine porta, masculine plural porti, feminine plural porte)

  1. past participle of porgere
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portare

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with porta, portus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

portō (present infinitive portāre, perfect active portāvī, supine portātum); first conjugation

  1. to carry, bear
    Synonyms: ferō, gerō, vehō, traho, effero
  2. to convey, bring
    Synonym: vehō
  3. to wear
    Synonyms: gerō, vestiō

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of portō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present portō portās portat portāmus portātis portant
imperfect portābam portābās portābat portābāmus portābātis portābant
future portābō portābis portābit portābimus portābitis portābunt
perfect portāvī portāvistī,
portāstī1 		portāvit,
portāt1 		portāvimus,
portāmus1 		portāvistis,
portāstis1 		portāvērunt,
portāvēre,
portārunt1
pluperfect portāveram,
portāram1 		portāverās,
portārās1 		portāverat,
portārat1 		portāverāmus,
portārāmus1 		portāverātis,
portārātis1 		portāverant,
portārant1
future perfect portāverō,
portārō1 		portāveris,
portāris1 		portāverit,
portārit1 		portāverimus,
portārimus1 		portāveritis,
portāritis1 		portāverint,
portārint1
passive present portor portāris,
portāre 		portātur portāmur portāminī portantur
imperfect portābar portābāris,
portābāre 		portābātur portābāmur portābāminī portābantur
future portābor portāberis,
portābere 		portābitur portābimur portābiminī portābuntur
perfect portātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect portātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect portātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present portem portēs portet portēmus portētis portent
imperfect portārem portārēs portāret portārēmus portārētis portārent
perfect portāverim,
portārim1 		portāverīs,
portārīs1 		portāverit,
portārit1 		portāverīmus,
portārīmus1 		portāverītis,
portārītis1 		portāverint,
portārint1
pluperfect portāvissem,
portāssem1 		portāvissēs,
portāssēs1 		portāvisset,
portāsset1 		portāvissēmus,
portāssēmus1 		portāvissētis,
portāssētis1 		portāvissent,
portāssent1
passive present porter portēris,
portēre 		portētur portēmur portēminī portentur
imperfect portārer portārēris,
portārēre 		portārētur portārēmur portārēminī portārentur
perfect portātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect portātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — portā — — portāte —
future — portātō portātō — portātōte portantō
passive present — portāre — — portāminī —
future — portātor portātor — — portantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives portāre portāvisse,
portāsse1 		portātūrum esse portārī portātum esse portātum īrī
participles portāns — portātūrus — portātus portandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
portandī portandō portandum portandō portātum portātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • “porto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “porto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • porto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to barricade the gates: portas obstruere (B. G. 5. 50)
    • (ambiguous) to break down the gates: portas refringere
  • porto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Italian porto; compare with German Porto.

Noun[edit]

porto m (definite singular portoen, indefinite plural portoer, definite plural portoene)

  1. postage

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian porto.

Noun[edit]

porto m (definite singular portoen, indefinite plural portoar, definite plural portoane)

  1. postage

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Italian porto, from Latin portus.

Noun[edit]

porto n (indeclinable)

  1. postage (charge)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese Porto, from Old Galician-Portuguese Porto, from Latin Portus (Cale), from portus (“port”).

Noun[edit]

porto n (indeclinable)

  1. port wine
    Synonym: portwajn
Related terms[edit]
noun

Further reading[edit]

  • porto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • porto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese porto, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

porto m (plural portos, metaphonic)

  1. port; harbour (place on the coast at which ships can shelter or dock)
  2. port (city containing such a place)
  3. (figurative) haven (place of safety)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Porto.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

porto m (plural portos)

  1. Clipping of vinho do Porto.

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɔh.tu/
  • Hyphenation: por‧to

Verb[edit]

porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French porto.

Noun[edit]

porto n (uncountable)

  1. port wine

Declension[edit]

declension of porto (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) porto portoul
genitive/dative (unui) porto portoului
vocative portoule

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Italian porto. Attested since 1645.

Noun[edit]

porto n

  1. postage
Meronyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese oporto.

Noun[edit]

porto n

  1. Dated spelling of port (“port (wine)”).
    • 1900, Oscar Levertin, chapter V, in Magistrarne i Österås‎[3], pages 91–92:
      Där låg Blockhusudden med sitt hvita hus, sina tullsnokar och den första hälsningsbägaren för hufvudstaden i skepparnas starka porto.
      There lay Blockhusudden with its white house, its customs snoops and the first cup in greetings for the capital with the skippers' strong port.
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