portería

See also: porteria

Spanish

A front desk in a residential building in Madrid

A goal in a match of association football

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾteˈɾia/ [poɾ.t̪eˈɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: por‧te‧rí‧a

Noun

portería f (plural porterías)

1. lobby of a hotel
2. reception desk
3. (sports) goal (structure)

   Synonym: arco

Derived terms

• saque de portería

 

Further reading

• “portería”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “portería” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.