See also: Porto, portó, portò, and pôrto

English

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porto (plural portos)

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

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Catalan

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porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Danish

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porto

  1. postage; payment for sending a letter or package

Dutch

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Etymology

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Loanword from Italian.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.toː/
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  • Hyphenation: por‧to

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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

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porto m (plural portos)

  1. port wine

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Galician

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Harbour sign, Burela, Lugo
 
Harbour of A Coruña, 1910s

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese porto, from Latin portus.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpoɾto/ [ˈpoɾ.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾto
  • Hyphenation: por‧to

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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

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porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (crossing), from the root *per- (to go forth”, “to cross).

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porto m (plural porti)

  1. port, harbour/harbor
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  • Slavomolisano: lupuort

Etymology 2

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

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porto m (plural porti)

  1. port (type of wine)

Etymology 3

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From a merger of the first and fourth etymologies.

Pronunciation

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

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porto m (plural porti)

  1. (archaic) ferry

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

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

  1. past participle of porgere
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Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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porto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portare
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Ladino

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Etymology 1

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porto m (Hebrew spelling פורטו)[1]

  1. alternative form of puerto
    • 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, translated by Isaac Jerusalmi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi[1], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 276:
      I ala onze [6 AM], ala turka, vinyeron en grande akompanyamyento delos askyeres turkos adelantre i detras, kompanyas de soldados de kada nasyon ke fueron dezbarkados delas naves, djunto todos los viche-amirales i komandantes, i ofisyeres de kada nave ke se topo en muestro porto.
      And at eleven [6 A.M.], a great escort of Turkish soldiers came ahead of and behind the Turk; companies of soldiers from every nation disembarked from the ships, together with all the vice-admirals, commanders, and officers from every ship found in our port.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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porto (Hebrew spelling פורטו)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

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  1. ^ porto”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Latin

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Either way, ultimately from *per- (to go through). Cognate with porta, portus.

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

  1. to carry, bear
    Synonyms: ferō, gerō, vehō, traho, effero
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.239–241:
      [...] et prīmum pedibus tālāria nectit
      aurea, quae sublīmem ālīs sīve aequora suprā
      seu terram rapidō pariter cum flāmine portant.
      [...] and first [Mercury] laced to his feet the golden sandals, with wings by which he can soar over either seas or land, [and] they carry him along with the swift breeze.
  2. to convey, bring
    Synonym: vehō
  3. to wear
    Synonyms: gerō, vestiō

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

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “portō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 482-3

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  • 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[2], 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Italian porto; compare with German Porto.

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porto m (definite singular portoen, indefinite plural portoer, definite plural portoene)

  1. postage

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Italian porto.

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porto m (definite singular portoen, indefinite plural portoar, definite plural portoane)

  1. postage

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Polish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian porto.

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porto n (indeclinable)

  1. postage (charge)

Etymology 2

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From Porto.

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porto n (indeclinable)

  1. port wine
    Synonym: portwajn
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  • porto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • porto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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

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    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)
    4. ellipsis of vinho do Porto
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    porto

    1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French porto.

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    porto n (uncountable)

    1. port wine

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    Declension of porto
    singular only indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative porto portoul
    genitive-dative porto portoului
    vocative portoule

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    porto

    1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

    Swedish

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Italian porto. Attested since 1645.

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    porto n

    1. postage
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    Borrowed from Portuguese oporto.

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    porto n

    1. dated spelling of port (port (wine))
      • 1900, Oscar Levertin, chapter V, in Magistrarne i Österås[4], 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.