porto

English

Noun

porto (plural portos)

1. An apéritif made from port.
2. Synonym of port.

Synonyms

• porto français

Anagrams

• Proto, Topor, Troop, proot, proto, proto-, troop, tropo, tropo-

Asturian

Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. (Eonavian) Alternative form of puertu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Danish

Noun

porto

1. postage; payment for sending a letter or package

Dutch

Etymology

Loanword from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.toː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: por‧to

Noun

porto m (plural porti or porto's)

1. the postage due for having a letter or package transported and delivered by a postal service

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.to/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. port wine

Derived terms

• verre à porto

Related terms

• porto flip

Further reading

• “porto” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “porto” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “porto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese porto, from Latin portus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. port, harbour
2. ford
   • 1264, E. Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 364:

     pelo camino que vay peraa devesa de valadares asy como vay o porto do rrio u pasan os carros

     by the road that goes to the wood of Valadares as it goes by the ford of the river where the carts cross

3. pass, defile
4. port wine

Derived terms

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

References

• “porto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “porto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “porto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “porto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “porto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology 1

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): /ˈpɔr.to/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrto
• Hyphenation: pòr‧to

Noun

porto m (plural porti)

1. port, harbour/harbor

Descendants

• → Romanian: port
• →⇒ Slavomolisano: lupuort

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese Porto, name of the city where the wines were originally shipped from.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porto m (plural porti)

1. port (type of wine)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.to/, /ˈpor.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔrto, -orto
• Hyphenation: pòr‧to, pór‧to

Noun

porto m (plural porti)

1. (archaic) ferry

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.to/, /ˈpor.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔrto, -orto
• Hyphenation: pòr‧to, pór‧to

Participle

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

1. past participle of porgere

Related terms

• porto di mare
• porto d'armi

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.to/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrto
• Hyphenation: pòr‧to

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portare

Anagrams

• -tropo, potrò, proto, proto-, tropo

Latin

Etymology

• Perhaps from Proto-Italic *portāō, from Proto-Indo-European *p(o)rteh₂yeti, from *per- (“to go through”);
• or for *poritō, frequentative of Proto-Indo-European *poréyeti (“to make go through”), from *per- (“to go through”).

Cognate with porta, portus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.toː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.to/,

Verb

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

1. to carry, bear

   Synonyms: ferō, gerō, vehō, traho, effero

2. to convey, bring

   Synonym: vehō

3. to wear

   Synonyms: gerō, vestiō

Conjugation

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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
• porto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Porto (postavgift)

Wikipedia ^no

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.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

porto (wino)

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.tɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrtɔ
• Syllabification: por‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian porto, from Latin portus.

Noun

porto n (indeclinable)

1. postage (charge)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese Porto, from Old Galician-Portuguese Porto, from Latin Portus (Cale), from portus (“port”).

Noun

porto n (indeclinable)

1. port wine

   Synonym: portwajn

Related terms

Further reading

• porto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• porto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese porto, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Alternative forms

• pôrto (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Porto) IPA^(key):
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoh.tu/
• Homophone: Porto
• Hyphenation: por‧to

• Audio (Portugal)

  (file)

Noun

porto m (plural portos, metaphonic)

1. port; harbour (place on the coast at which ships can shelter or dock)
2. port (city containing such a place)
3. (figurative) haven (place of safety)

Derived terms

• chegar a bom porto, levar a bom porto

Etymology 2

From Porto.

Alternative forms

• pôrto (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoh.tu/
• Homophone: Porto
• Hyphenation: por‧to

• Audio (Portugal)

  (file)

Noun

porto m (plural portos)

1. Clipping of vinho do Porto.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔh.tu/
• Hyphenation: por‧to

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French porto.

Noun

porto n (uncountable)

1. port wine

Declension

Spanish

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian porto. Attested since 1645.

Noun

porto n

1. postage

Meronyms

• frimärke (“stamp”)
• portokod (“postage code”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese oporto.

Noun

porto n

1. Dated spelling of port (“port (wine)”).
   • 1900, Oscar Levertin, chapter V, in Magistrarne i Österås‎, pages 91–92:

     Där låg Blockhusudden med sitt hvita hus, sina tullsnokar och den första hälsningsbägaren för hufvudstaden i skepparnas starka porto.

     There lay Blockhusudden with its white house, its customs snoops and the first cup in greetings for the capital with the skippers' strong port.