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porto

See also: Porto, portó, portò, and pôrto

English

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Noun

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porto (plural portos)

  1. An apéritif made from port.
  2. Synonym of port.

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porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Danish

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porto

  1. postage; payment for sending a letter or package

Dutch

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Etymology

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Loanword from Italian.

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

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porto m (plural porti or porto's)

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

French

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porto m (plural portos)

  1. port wine

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Galician

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Harbour sign, Burela, Lugo
 
Harbour of A Coruña, 1910s

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese porto, from Latin portus.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpoɾto/ [ˈpoɾ.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾto
  • Hyphenation: por‧to

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porto m (plural portos)

  1. port, harbour
  2. ford
    • 1264, E. Portela Silva, editor, 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

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Verb

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porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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

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porto m (plural porti)

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

Etymology 2

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

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porto m (plural porti)

  1. port (type of wine)

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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porto m (plural porti)

  1. (archaic) ferry

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

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

  1. past participle of porgere
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porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portare

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Latin

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Etymology

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Either way, ultimately from *per- (“to go through”). Cognate with porta, portus.

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

  1. to carry, bear
    Synonyms: ferō, gerō, vehō, traho, effero
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.239–241:
      [...] et prīmum pedibus tālāria nectit
      aurea, quae sublīmem ālīs sīve aequora suprā
      seu terram rapidō pariter cum flāmine portant.
      [...] and first [Mercury] laced to his feet the golden sandals, with wings by which he can soar over either seas or land, [and] they carry him along with the swift breeze.
  2. to convey, bring
    Synonym: vehō
  3. to wear
    Synonyms: gerō, vestiō

Conjugation

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   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.

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “portō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 482-3

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  • “porto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Etymology

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From Italian porto; compare with German Porto.

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

  1. postage

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Etymology

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From Italian porto.

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

  1. postage

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Polish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian porto.

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porto n (indeclinable)

  1. postage (charge)

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From Porto.

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porto n (indeclinable)

  1. port wine
    Synonym: portwajn
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  • porto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • porto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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

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porto m (plural portos, metaphonic)

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

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From Porto.

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porto m (plural portos)

  1. Clipping of vinho do Porto.

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French porto.

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porto n (uncountable)

  1. port wine

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative porto portoul
genitive-dative porto portoului
vocative portoule

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porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian porto. Attested since 1645.

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porto n

  1. postage
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Portuguese oporto.

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porto n

  1. Dated spelling of port (“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.
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