sporta

See also: sportā

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin sporta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔr.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrta
• Hyphenation: spòr‧ta

Noun

sporta f (plural sporte)

1. shopping bag, bag

   Synonym: borsa

2. bagful

   Synonym: borsata

3. basket

   Synonyms: cesto, cesta, paniere

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔr.ta/, /ˈspor.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrta, -orta
• Hyphenation: spòr‧ta, spór‧ta

Participle

sporta f sg

1. feminine singular of sporto

Adjective

sporta f sg

1. feminine singular of sporto

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔr.ta/, /ˈspor.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrta, -orta
• Hyphenation: spòr‧ta, spór‧ta

Verb

sporta

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

Anagrams

• sparto, sprota

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twist, turn”). See also Latin spira.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspor.ta/, [ˈs̠pɔrt̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspor.ta/, [ˈspɔrt̪ä]

Noun

sporta f (genitive sportae); first declension

1. basket (plaited)
2. hamper

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sporta	sportae
Genitive	sportae	sportārum
Dative	sportae	sportīs
Accusative	sportam	sportās
Ablative	sportā	sportīs
Vocative	sporta	sportae

Derived terms

• sportula (diminutive)

Descendants

• Catalan: esporta
• Italian: spòrta
• Portuguese: esporta
• Sicilian: sporta
• Spanish: espuerta
• → Albanian: shportë
• → Byzantine Greek: σπόρτα (spórta, “basket”)
  • Greek: σπόρτα (spórta, “basket”) (discontinued)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: اشپورطه‎ (ışporta, “basket for fruits, especially grapes”) (discontinued)
• → Old English: sperte
  • Middle English: sperte
• → Middle French: sporte

References

• “sporta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sporta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sporta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Latvian

Noun

sporta m

1. genitive singular form of sports

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspɔrta]

Noun

sporta

1. genitive singular of sport
2. nominative dual of sport
3. accusative dual of sport

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Swedish

Verb

sporta (present sportar, preterite sportade, supine sportat, imperative sporta)

1. (intransitive) to perform a sport or athletics, to train, to exercise

   Många sportade i det fina vintervädret.

   Many exercised in the fine winter weather.

2. (slang, transitive) to sport, to wear, to display, to rock (used among fashion bloggers)

   Hon sportade samma look som jag med skinny jeans och ankelboots med smal klack.

   She sported the same look as I did with skinny jeans and ankle boots with narrow heels.

   På armarna sportade hon blåmärken.

   On her arms, she sported bruises.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sporta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sporta		—
Supine	sportat		—
Imperative	sporta		—
Imper. plural1	sporten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sportar	sportade	—	—
Ind. plural1	sporta	sportade	—	—
Subjunctive2	sporte	sportade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	sportande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• (perform sport): idrotta, motionera, träna
• (display): bära, visa upp

References

• "Språket", Sveriges Radio, March 5, 2013.

Anagrams

• pastor, portas, postar, ropats