porta

See also porta-

English

Etymology

Latin porta (“a gate”). See port.

Noun

porta (plural portae)

1. (anatomy) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.
2. (anatomy) The foramen of Monro.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of B. G. Wilder to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Noun

porta f (plural portes)

1. door

Verb

porta

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of portar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of portar.

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

porta

1. bigger entrance door of courtyard, pylon

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French

Verb

porta

1. third-person singular past historic of porter

Anagrams

• Prato

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Noun

porta f (plural portas)

1. door
2. entrance

Synonyms

• (entrance): entrada

Antonyms

• (entrance): saída

Verb

porta

1. third-person singular present indicative of portar
2. second-person singular imperative of portar

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Interlingua

Noun

porta (plural portas)

1. door

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Interlingue

Noun

porta

1. door

Related terms

• portero (doorkeeper?)

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Porta (door)

Etymology 1

From Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

porta f (plural porte)

1. gate
2. door
3. (computing) port

Related terms

alle porte porta a porta portale porta USB

portello porticina portico portiera

portiere portinaio portone

Etymology 2

Inflected form of portare.

Verb

porta

1. third-person singular present indicative of portare
2. second-person singular imperative of portare

Derived terms

• porta-

Anagrams

• parto, potrà, prato, Prato, tarpo, tarpò

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Latin

Porta Borsārī, Verona

Etymology 1

From a root par- "to pass through"; compare with Ancient Greek πόρος (poros, “means of passage”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpor.ta/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

porta (genitive portae); f, first declension

1. gate, especially of a city
2. entrance, passage, door
3. (figuratively) way, means

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	porta	portae
genitive	portae	portārum
dative	portae	portīs
accusative	portam	portās
ablative	portā	portīs
vocative	porta	portae

Related terms

• portārius
• portella
• porticus
• portula

Descendants

Albanian: portë Aromanian: poartã Catalan: porta Corsican: porta Dalmatian: puarta Dutch: poort, portaal English: portal Esperanto: pordo French: porte Friulian: puarte

Galician: porta Ido: pordo Italian: porta Occitan: pòrta Portuguese: porta, portão Romanian: poartă Romansch: porta Sardinian: polta, porta, pota Sicilian: porta Spanish: portada, puerta

See also

• portus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpor.taː/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

portā

1. ablative singular of porta

Etymology 2

Inflected form of portō (“carry, bear”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpor.taː/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Verb

portā

1. singular present active imperative of portō

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Portuguese

Porta

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/
• (Caipira) IPA: /ˈpɔɹ.tɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/

Noun

porta f (plural portas)

1. door
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 180:

     Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!

     If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!

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Spanish

Verb

porta (infinitive portar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of portar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of portar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of portar.

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Swedish

Etymology

Shortening of portförbjuda from port (entrance, gateway, door) and förbjuda (prohibit, forbid).

Verb

porta

1. to forbid somebody to enter, e.g. a shop, a pub or similar

Conjugation

Conjugation of porta

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	porta	portas
Present tense	portar	portas
Past tense	portade	portades
Supine	portat	portats
Imperative	porta	—
Present participle	portande
Past participle	portad

See also

• portera