puerta

See also: Puerta

Asturian

Etymology

From Old Leonese puerta, from Latin porta.

Noun

puerta f (plural puertes)

1. door

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puerta.

Noun

puerta

1. door

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish puerta, from Latin porta.

Noun

puerta f (Latin spelling, plural puertas)

1. door

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Leonese

Etymology

From Old Leonese puerta, from Latin porta.

Noun

puerta f (plural puertas)

1. door

References

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish puerta, from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpweɾta/ [ˈpweɾ.t̪a]

Noun

puerta f (plural puertas)

1. door (portal of entry into a building)
2. gate (doorlike structure outside a house)
3. gate (passageway in an airport)
4. doorway, doorstep, gateway
5. (sports) goal (area into which players attempt to put an object)

   Synonym: portería

Derived terms

• a puertas
• abrepuertas
• antepuerta
• contrapuerta (“storm door”)
• de puertas para afuera
• en puertas
• por la puerta grande
• puerta corredera
• puerta lateral (“side door”)
• puerta trasera
• puertecita
• puertita
• quedarse a la puerta
• saque de puerta
• sujetapuertas

 

Related terms

• compuerta
• portada
• portal
• portazgo
• portazo
• portería
• portero
• portón
• puerto

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: pwerta

Further reading

• “puerta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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