suporte

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From suportar (“to support”), from Old Galician-Portuguese soportar, from Latin supportāre (“to carry; to bear”).

Alternative forms

• supporte (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [suˈpɔh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [suˈpɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /suˈpɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /suˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [suˈpɔχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈpɔɻ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈpɔɾ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: su‧por‧te

Noun

suporte m (plural suportes)

1. support
   1. something which supports, either physically or figuratively

      Synonyms: apoio, base, escora, sustentação, sustentáculo

   2. help; aid

      Synonyms: ajuda, apoio, assistência

   3. answers and resolution of problems

      Synonym: assistência

   4. (heraldry) supporter

Derived terms

• suporte atlético

Related terms

• insuportável
• suportabilidade
• suportação
• suportado
• suportal
• suportamento
• suportar
• suportável
• suportavelmente

Etymology 2

Verb

suporte

1. inflection of suportar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• estupro
• estupor
• estrupo