English

Alternative forms

• porto

Noun

Porto ‎(plural Portos)

1. port wine

Catalan

Proper noun

Porto ?

1. Oporto

French

Proper noun

Porto

1. Oporto

German

Porto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁto/

Noun

Porto n

1. postage (charge)

Derived terms

• Nachporto
• Strafporto

Portuguese

Porto

Alternative forms

• O Porto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾtu/
• Homophone: porto

Proper noun

Porto m

1. Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
2. Oporto; Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto, Portugal)

Related terms

• portuense

Asturian

Noun

porto m ‎(plural portos)

1. (Eonavian) Alternative form of puertu

Catalan

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of portar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁto/

Noun

porto m ‎(plural portos)

1. port wine

Galician

Etymology

From Latin portus.

Noun

porto m ‎(plural portos)

1. port, harbour
2. port wine

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

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): /ˈpɔrto/, [ˈpɔr̺.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: por‧to

Noun

porto m ‎(plural porti)

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

Related terms

• porto di mare
• porto d'armi

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portare

Verb

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

1. past participle of porgere

Anagrams

• potrò, tropo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per- ‎(“go, traverse”), either as *pr̥-to- or *por-to-, perhaps from a noun having the sense of "way" or "passage". Related to Ancient Greek πείρω ‎(peírō, “I pierce, traverse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.toː/, [ˈpɔr.toː]

Verb

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

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

Inflection

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “porto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Lojban

Etymology

From "Portuguese".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpor.to/

Gismu

porto ‎(rafsi pot)

1. Portuguese; x₁ reflects Portuguese culture/nationality/language in aspect x₂

See also

• brazo

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.

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.

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/
• 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. Short for vinho do Porto.

Etymology 3

Verb

porto

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

Spanish

Verb

porto

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