porto
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
porto (plural portos)
SynonymsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
NounEdit
porto m (plural portos)
- (Eonavian) Alternative form of puertu
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
porto
- first-person singular present indicative form of portar
DanishEdit
NounEdit
porto
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Loanword from Italian.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
porto m (plural porti or porto's)
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
porto m (plural portos)
Further readingEdit
- “porto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese porto, from Latin portus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
porto m (plural portos)
- port, harbour
- 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
- pelo camino que vay peraa devesa de valadares asy como vay o porto do rrio u pasan os carros
- 1264, E. Portela Silva (ed.), La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 364:
- pass, defile
- port wine
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
porto
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)
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Portuguese Porto, name of the city where the wines were originally shipped from.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
porto m (plural porti)
- port (type of wine)
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
porto m (plural porti)
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
ParticipleEdit
porto (feminine porta, masculine plural porti, feminine plural porte)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 5Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
porto
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
- Perhaps from Proto-Italic *portāō, from Proto-Indo-European *p(o)rteh₂yeti, from *per- (“to go through”);
- or for *poritō, frequentative of Proto-Indo-European *poréyeti (“to make go through”), from *per- (“to go through”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.toː/, [ˈpɔrt̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.to/, [ˈpɔrt̪o]
Audio (Classical) (file)
VerbEdit
portō (present infinitive portāre, perfect active portāvī, supine portātum); first conjugation
ConjugationEdit
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Aromanian: portu, purtari
- Asturian: portar
- Catalan: portar
- Dalmatian: portur
- French: porter
- Friulian: puartâ
- Galician: portar
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
- (ambiguous) to barricade the gates: portas obstruere (B. G. 5. 50)
- 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
EtymologyEdit
From Italian porto; compare with German Porto.
NounEdit
porto m (definite singular portoen, indefinite plural portoer, definite plural portoene)
ReferencesEdit
- “porto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
porto m (definite singular portoen, indefinite plural portoar, definite plural portoane)
ReferencesEdit
- “porto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Italian porto, from Latin portus.
NounEdit
porto n (indeclinable)
- postage (charge)
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Portuguese Porto, from Old Portuguese Porto, from Latin Portus (Cale), from portus (“port”).
NounEdit
porto n (indeclinable)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- porto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- porto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- pôrto (obsolete, noun only)
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)
- port; harbour (place on the coast at which ships can shelter or dock)
- port (city containing such a place)
- (figuratively) haven (place of safety)
Derived termsEdit
-in Brazilian toponyms:
- Porto
- Porto Acre
- Porto Alegre
- Porto Alegre do Norte
- Porto Alegre do Piauí
- Porto Alegre do Tocantins
- Porto Amazonas
- Porto Barreiro
- Porto Belo
- Porto Calvo
- Porto da Folha
- Porto de Moz
- Porto de Pedras
- Porto do Mangue
- Porto dos Gaúchos
- Porto Esperidião
- Porto Estrela
- Porto Feliz
- Porto Ferreira
- Porto Firme
- Porto Franco
- Porto Grande
- Porto Lucena
- Porto Mauá
- Porto Murtinho
- Porto Nacional
- Porto Real
- Porto Real do Colégio
- Porto Rico
- Porto Rico do Maranhão
- Porto Seguro
- Porto União
- Porto Velho
- Porto Vera Cruz
- Porto Vitória
- Porto Walter
- Porto Xavier
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
porto m (plural portos)
- Clipping of vinho do Porto.
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
porto
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
porto n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
porto
SwedishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Italian porto. Attested since 1645.
NounEdit
porto n
MeronymsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrow from Portuguese oporto.
NounEdit
porto n
- (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