porto

See also: Porto, portó, portò, and pôrto

English

Noun

porto (plural portos)

1. An aperitif made from port

Synonyms

• porto français

Anagrams

• Proto, Troop, proot, proto, proto-, troop, tropo-

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Asturian

Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. (Eonavian) Alternative form of puertu

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Catalan

Verb

porto

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Dutch

Etymology

Loanword from Italian.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porto m (plural porti or porto's)

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.to/

• Audio:

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Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. port wine

Further reading

• “porto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese porto, from Latin portus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɾt̪ʊ]

Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. port, harbour
2. ford
   • 1264, E. Portela Silva (ed.), 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

• Portiño
• Porto
• Porto da Pena
• Porto Novo
• Porto Vello
• Portobó
• Portobravo
• Portocelo
• Portochán
• Portochao
• Portociño
• Portociños
• Portocovo
• Portodemouros
• Portomourisco
• Portomouro
• Portonovo
• Portopereiro
• Portosanto
• Portoseco
• Portovello

 

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “porto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “porto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrto/, [ˈpɔr̺.t̪o]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: por‧to

Noun

porto m (plural porti)

1. port, harbour
2. port (beverage)
3. carriage

Descendants

• → Romanian: port

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portare

Verb

1. past participle of porgere

Related terms

• porto di mare
• porto d'armi

Anagrams

• potrò, tropo

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per- (“go, traverse”), either as *pr̥-to- or *por-to-, perhaps from a noun having the sense of "way" or "passage". Related to Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “I pierce, traverse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.toː/, [ˈpɔrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.to/, [ˈpɔrt̪o]

• Audio (Classical):

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Verb

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

1. I carry, bear
2. I convey, bring

Conjugation

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.

Synonyms

• (carry, bear): ferō, gerō, vehō
• (convey, bring): vehō

Derived terms

• apportō
• asportō
• comportō
• deportō
• exportō

• importō
• importūnus
• portābilis
• opportō
• opportūnus

• portātor
• reportō
• supportō
• trānsportō

Descendants

• Aromanian: portu, purtari
• Asturian: portar
• Catalan: portar
• Dalmatian: portur
• French: porter
• Friulian: puartâ
• Galician: portar

• Istriot: portà
• Italian: portare
• Ladin: porter
• Neapolitan: purtà
• Occitan: portar
• Portuguese: portar
• Romanian: purta, purtare

• Romansch: purtar, porter, portar
• Sardinian: poltare, portai, portare, potai
• Sicilian: purtari
• Spanish: portar
• Venetian: portar

References

• “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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian porto; compare with German Porto.

Noun

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

1. postage

References

• “porto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian porto

Noun

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

1. postage

References

• “porto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pôrto (obsolete, noun only)

Pronunciation

Noun:

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ.tu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpoχ.tu/, /ˈpoɾ.tu/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpoh.tu/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Homophone: Porto

Verb:

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔχ.tu/, /ˈpɔɾ.tu/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpɔh.tu/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

• chegar a bom porto, levar a bom porto

Etymology 2

Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. Clipping of vinho do Porto.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

porto

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Verb

porto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of portar.