sporta

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin sporta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔr.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrta
• Hyphenation: spòr‧ta

Noun

sporta f (plural sporte)

1. shopping bag, bag

   Synonym: borsa

2. bagful

   Synonym: borsata

3. basket

   Synonyms: cesto, cesta, paniere

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔr.ta/, /ˈspor.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrta, -orta
• Hyphenation: spòr‧ta, spór‧ta

Participle

sporta f sg

1. feminine singular of sporto

Adjective

sporta f sg

1. feminine singular of sporto

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔr.ta/, /ˈspor.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrta, -orta
• Hyphenation: spòr‧ta, spór‧ta

Verb

sporta

1. inflection of sportare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

Anagrams

• sparto, sprota

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twist, turn”). See also Latin spira.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspor.ta/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspor.ta/,

Noun

sporta f (genitive sportae); first declension

1. basket (plaited)
2. hamper

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• sportula (diminutive)

Descendants

• Catalan: esporta
• Italian: spòrta
• Portuguese: esporta
• Sicilian: sporta
• Spanish: espuerta
• → Albanian: shportë
• → Byzantine Greek: σπόρτα (spórta, “basket”)
  • Greek: σπόρτα (spórta, “basket”) (discontinued)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: اشپورطه (ışporta, “basket for fruits, especially grapes”) (discontinued)
• → Old English: sperte
  • Middle English: sperte
• → Middle French: sporte

References

• “sporta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sporta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sporta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Noun

sporta m

1. genitive singular of sports

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

sporta

1. genitive singular of sport
2. nominative dual of sport
3. accusative dual of sport

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sporta (Cyrillic spelling спорта)

1. genitive singular of sport

Swedish

Verb

sporta (present sportar, preterite sportade, supine sportat, imperative sporta)

1. (intransitive) to perform a sport or athletics, to train, to exercise

   Många sportade i det fina vintervädret.

   Many exercised in the fine winter weather.

2. (slang, transitive) to sport, to wear, to display, to rock (used among fashion bloggers)

   Hon sportade samma look som jag med skinny jeans och ankelboots med smal klack.

   She sported the same look as I did with skinny jeans and ankle boots with narrow heels.

   På armarna sportade hon blåmärken.

   On her arms, she sported bruises.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (perform sport): idrotta, motionera, träna
• (display): bära, visa upp

References

• "Språket", Sveriges Radio, March 5, 2013.

Anagrams

• pastor, portas, postar, ropats