Wiktionary

porto

See also: Porto, portó, portò, and pôrto

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

porto (plural portos)

  1. An aperitif made from port

SynonymsEdit

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

NounEdit

porto m (plural portos)

  1. (Eonavian) Alternative form of puertu

CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of portar

DanishEdit

NounEdit

porto

  1. postage; payment for sending a letter or package

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Loanword from Italian.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

porto m (plural porti or porto's)

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

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

porto m (plural portos)

  1. port wine

Further readingEdit

GalicianEdit

 
Harbour sign, Burela, Lugo

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

VerbEdit

porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

ReferencesEdit

  • “porto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “porto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “porto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “porto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “porto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

porto m (plural porti)

  1. port, harbour
DescendantsEdit
  • → Romanian: port
  • →⇒ Slavomolisano: lupuort

Etymology 2Edit

From Portuguese Porto, name of the city where the wines were originally shipped from.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

porto m (plural porti)

  1. port (type of wine)

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.to/, /ˈpor.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrto, -orto
  • Hyphenation: pòr‧to, pór‧to

NounEdit

porto m (plural porti)

  1. (archaic) ferry

Etymology 4Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.to/, /ˈpor.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrto, -orto
  • Hyphenation: pòr‧to, pór‧to

ParticipleEdit

porto (feminine porta, masculine plural porti, feminine plural porte)

  1. past participle of porgere
Related termsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portare

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with porta, portus.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. I carry, bear
    Synonyms: ferō, gerō, vehō, traho, effero
  2. I convey, bring
    Synonym: vehō

ConjugationEdit

   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.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “porto”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Italian porto; compare with German Porto.

NounEdit

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

  1. postage

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian porto

NounEdit

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

  1. postage

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Italian porto, from Latin portus.

NounEdit

porto n (indeclinable)

  1. postage (charge)

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Portuguese Porto, from Old Portuguese Porto, from Latin Portus (Cale), from portus (“port”).

NounEdit

porto n (indeclinable)

  1. port wine
    Synonym: portwajn
Related termsEdit
noun

Further readingEdit

  • porto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • porto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

 

NounEdit

porto m (plural portos)

  1. port; harbour (place on the coast at which ships can shelter or dock)
  2. port (city containing such a place)
  3. (figuratively) haven (place of safety)
Derived termsEdit

-in Brazilian toponyms:

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

 

NounEdit

porto m (plural portos)

  1. Clipping of vinho do Porto.

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

 

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɔh.tu/

VerbEdit

porto

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of portar

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French porto.

NounEdit

porto n (uncountable)

  1. port wine

DeclensionEdit

declension of porto (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) porto portoul
genitive/dative (unui) porto portoului
vocative portoule

SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Italian porto. Attested since 1645.

NounEdit

porto n

  1. postage
MeronymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrow from Portuguese oporto.

NounEdit

porto n

  1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of portvin (“port (wine)”).
    • 1900, Oscar Levertin, chapter V, in Magistrarne i Österås‎[3], pages 91–92:
      Där låg Blockhusudden med sitt hvita hus, sina tullsnokar och den första hälsningsbägaren för hufvudstaden i skepparnas starka porto.
      There lay Blockhusudden with its white house, its customs snoops and the first cup in greetings for the capital with the skippers' strong port.
    Synonym: port
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