supporto

See also: supportò

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French support, from the verb supporter, ultimately from Latin supportāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supˈpɔr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔrto
• Hyphenation: sup‧pòr‧to

Noun

supporto m (plural supporti)

1. helper
2. support
3. stand, holder (and similar structures)
4. (heraldry) supporter

Etymology 2

Verb

supporto

1. first-person singular present indicative of supportare

Latin

Alternative forms

• subportō

Etymology

From sub- (“under”) +‎ portō (“I carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /supˈpor.toː/, [s̠ʊpˈpɔrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /supˈpor.to/, [supˈpɔrt̪o]

Verb

supportō (present infinitive supportāre, perfect active supportāvī, supine supportātum); first conjugation

1. to carry, bring, convey or transport

Conjugation

Conjugation of supportō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supportō	supportās	supportat	supportāmus	supportātis	supportant
	imperfect	supportābam	supportābās	supportābat	supportābāmus	supportābātis	supportābant
	future	supportābō	supportābis	supportābit	supportābimus	supportābitis	supportābunt
	perfect	supportāvī	supportāvistī	supportāvit	supportāvimus	supportāvistis	supportāvērunt, supportāvēre
	pluperfect	supportāveram	supportāverās	supportāverat	supportāverāmus	supportāverātis	supportāverant
	future perfect	supportāverō	supportāveris	supportāverit	supportāverimus	supportāveritis	supportāverint
passive	present	supportor	supportāris, supportāre	supportātur	supportāmur	supportāminī	supportantur
	imperfect	supportābar	supportābāris, supportābāre	supportābātur	supportābāmur	supportābāminī	supportābantur
	future	supportābor	supportāberis, supportābere	supportābitur	supportābimur	supportābiminī	supportābuntur
	perfect	supportātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	supportātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	supportātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supportem	supportēs	supportet	supportēmus	supportētis	supportent
	imperfect	supportārem	supportārēs	supportāret	supportārēmus	supportārētis	supportārent
	perfect	supportāverim	supportāverīs	supportāverit	supportāverīmus	supportāverītis	supportāverint
	pluperfect	supportāvissem	supportāvissēs	supportāvisset	supportāvissēmus	supportāvissētis	supportāvissent
passive	present	supporter	supportēris, supportēre	supportētur	supportēmur	supportēminī	supportentur
	imperfect	supportārer	supportārēris, supportārēre	supportārētur	supportārēmur	supportārēminī	supportārentur
	perfect	supportātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	supportātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	supportā	—	—	supportāte	—
	future	—	supportātō	supportātō	—	supportātōte	supportantō
passive	present	—	supportāre	—	—	supportāminī	—
	future	—	supportātor	supportātor	—	—	supportantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		supportāre	supportāvisse	supportātūrum esse	supportārī	supportātum esse	supportātum īrī
participles		supportāns	—	supportātūrus	—	supportātus	supportandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		supportandī	supportandō	supportandum	supportandō	supportātum	supportātū

Descendants

• Catalan: suportar
• English: support
• French: supporter
• Galician: soportar
• Italian: sopportare, supportare
• Portuguese: suportar
• Romanian: suporta
• Spanish: soportar

References

• “supporto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “supporto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• supporto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.