aportar

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Asturian

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin apportāre (to bring, to carry, to import).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apoɾˈtaɾ/,
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: a‧por‧tar

Verb

aportar (first-person singular indicative present aporto, past participle aportáu)

  1. to arrive
    Synonym: allegar
    • 1634-1662?, Antón de Marirreguera, Dido y Eneas:
      Y xuntos aportanon á la Afríca ,
      And together they arrived in Africa
  2. to happen
    Synonyms: asoceder, avenir, acaecer
    • 1869, José Fernández Quevedo y Llanos, Batalla del Guadalete:
      Cuand' una disgracia aporta,
      When a misfortune happens,
  3. to come to (doing something)
    • 1861, José Sánchez de Santa María, Evanxeliu según San Mateu:
      Diendo mas alantre, aportó á ver utros dos hermanos, Xacobu fiu del Zebedeu, y Xuan so hermanu
      Going further, he came to see other two brothers, Jacob son of Zebedee, and John his brother
  4. to be worthwile, to fit
    Synonyms: ameritar, vagar

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Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ portar.

Verb

aportar (first-person singular present aporto, first-person singular preterite aportí, past participle aportat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/(transitive)

  1. to bring
    Synonym: portar
  2. to contribute
    Synonym: contribuir
  3. to bring up
    Synonym: adduir

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Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ porto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧por‧tar

Verb

aportar (first-person singular present aporto, first-person singular preterite aportei, past participle aportado)

  1. (nautical) to dock; to anchor

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apportāre (to bring, to carry, to import).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apoɾˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧por‧tar

Verb

aportar (first-person singular present aporto, first-person singular preterite aporté, past participle aportado)

  1. to contribute
    Synonym: contribuir
    • 2023 December 4, Clara Blanchar, Dani Cordero, “Barcelona supera este año los tres millones de cruceristas, y aumentan solo los que hacen escala”, in El País:
      Los cruceros aportan el 4% de visitantes de la ciudad y un 13% de la recaudación de la tasa turística, añade como recado al gobierno de Jaume Collboni, aunque también ofrece a CLIA para “colaborar con Barcelona” si el sector provoca alguna congestión.
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  2. to provide; to give
    Synonym: proveer
    no me aportas soluciones
    you don't provide me with any solutions
  3. to bring
    Synonym: traer
  4. to dock, to enter into a port

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