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Asturian
Noun
puerto m (plural puertos)
- (Ayer, Ḷḷena, Riosa, Los Argüeyos, Villacidayo) Alternative form of puertu
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish puerto, from Old Spanish puerto, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/,
- Hyphenation: puer‧to
Noun
puerto
- port; harbour
Ilocano
Etymology
Spanish puerto, from Old Spanish puerto, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/,
- Hyphenation: puer‧to
Noun
puerto (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜁᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)
- port; harbour
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish puerto, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/
- Rhymes: -eɾto
- Syllabification: puer‧to
Noun
puerto m (plural puertos)
- port, harbour
- Ellipsis of puerto de montaña.; mountain pass
- Synonym: collado
2017, “Etapa 17 Villadiego / Los Machucos. Monumento Vaca Pasiega”, in La Vuelta:La espectacular bajada de La Lunada, que empalmará con el puerto de Alisas.- The spectacular descent from La Lunada, that will lead straight onto the Alisas mountain pass.
- (computing) port
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