portato

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian portato, past participle of portare (“to bring, carry, bear”), from Latin portō.

Adverb

portato

  1. (music) In an unconnected manner, as opposed to legato, but not as short as staccato.

Noun

portato (plural portatos or portati)

  1. (music) A mark in music notation indicating this style of playing.
  2. (music) A passage having this mark.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Noun

portato (accusative singular portaton, plural portatoj, accusative plural portatojn)

  1. singular present nominal passive participle of porti

Italian

Adjective

portato (feminine portata, masculine plural portati, feminine plural portate)

  1. second-hand, used
    una maglietta portata ― a hand-me-down shirt
  2. (with per or a) prone, given, inclined, that has a bent (to)
    portato per l'arte ― artistically talented (lit. inclined to art)
    portato all'indulgenza ― given to indulgence

Noun

portato m (plural portati)

  1. result, outcome

Participle

portato (feminine portata, masculine plural portati, feminine plural portate)

  1. past participle of portare

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

portātō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of portō
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