porto

See also: Porto, portó, portò, and pôrto

English

Noun

porto (plural portos)

1. An aperitif made from port

Synonyms

• porto français

Anagrams

• Proto, Topor, Troop, proot, proto, proto-, troop, tropo, tropo-

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Asturian

Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. (Eonavian) Alternative form of puertu

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Catalan

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of portar

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Danish

Noun

porto

1. postage; payment for sending a letter or package

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Dutch

Etymology

Loanword from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.toː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: por‧to

Noun

porto m (plural porti or porto's)

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.to/

• Audio

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Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. port wine

Further reading

• “porto” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Harbour sign, Burela, Lugo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɾt̪ʊ]

Noun

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 terms

• Portiño
• Porto
• Portobó
• Portobravo
• Portocelo
• Portochán
• Portochao
• Portociño
• Portociños
• Portocovo
• Porto da Pena
• Portodemouros
• Portomourisco
• Portomouro
• Portonovo
• Porto Novo
• Portopereiro
• Portosanto
• Portoseco
• Porto Vello
• Portovello

 

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

References

• “porto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “porto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.to/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: por‧to

Noun

porto m (plural porti)

1. port, harbour
2. port (beverage)
3. carriage

Descendants

• → Romanian: port
• →⇒ Slavomolisano: lupuort

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portare

Participle

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

1. past participle of porgere

Related terms

• porto di mare
• porto d'armi

Anagrams

• -tropo, potrò, proto, proto-, tropo

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Latin

Etymology

• 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”).

Cognate with porta, portus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.toː/, [ˈpɔrt̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.to/, [ˈpɔrt̪ɔ]

• Audio (Classical)

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Verb

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

1. I carry, bear
2. I convey, bring

Conjugation

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	portāvimus	portāvistis, portāstis1	portāvērunt, portāvēre
	pluperfect	portāveram	portāverās	portāverat	portāverāmus	portāverātis	portāverant
	future perfect	portāverō	portāveris	portāverit	portāverimus	portāveritis	portāverint
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	portāverīs	portāverit	portāverīmus	portāverītis	portāverint
	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.

Synonyms

• (carry, bear): ferō, gerō, vehō
• (convey, bring): vehō

Derived terms

• apportō
• asportō
• comportō
• deportō
• exportō
• importō
• portābilis
• opportō
• portātiō
• portātor
• portitor
• reportō
• supportō
• trānsportō

Descendants

• Aromanian: portu, purtari
• Asturian: portar
• Catalan: portar
• Dalmatian: portur
• French: porter
• Friulian: puartâ
• Galician: portar

• Istriot: portà
• Italian: portare
• Ladin: porter
• Neapolitan: purtà
• Occitan: portar
• Portuguese: portar
• Romanian: purta, purtare

• Romansch: purtar, porter, portar
• Sardinian: poltare, portai, portare, potai
• Sicilian: purtari
• Spanish: portar
• Venetian: portar

References

• 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian porto; compare with German Porto.

Noun

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

1. postage

References

• “porto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian porto

Noun

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

1. postage

References

• “porto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.tɔ/

Etymology 1

From Italian porto, from Latin portus.

Noun

porto n (indeclinable)

1. postage (charge)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

porto n (indeclinable)

1. port wine

   Synonym: portwajn

Related terms

• (noun) Porto

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pôrto (obsolete, noun only)

Pronunciation

Noun:

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoχ.tu/, /ˈpoɾ.tu/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoh.tu/

• Audio (Portugal)

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• Homophone: Porto

Verb:

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔχ.tu/, /ˈpɔɾ.tu/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔh.tu/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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 terms

• chegar a bom porto, levar a bom porto

Etymology 2

Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. Clipping of vinho do Porto.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

porto

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French porto.

Noun

porto n (uncountable)

1. port wine

Declension

declension of porto (singular only)

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

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Spanish

Verb

porto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of portar.

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrow from Italian porto. Attested since 1645.

Noun

porto n

1. postage

Meronyms

• frimärke (“stamp”)
• portokod (“postage code”)

Etymology 2

Borrow from Portuguese oporto.

Noun

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 lied Blockhusudden with its white house, its customs snoops and the first cup in greetings for the capital with the skippers' strong porto.

   Synonym: port