portável

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin portābilis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈta.vew/ [pohˈta.veʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈta.vew/ [pohˈta.veʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾˈta.vew/ [poɾˈta.veʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁˈta.vew/ [poχˈta.veʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poɻˈta.vew/ [poɻˈta.veʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈta.vɛl/ [puɾˈta.vɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈta.vɛl/ [puɾˈta.vɛɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈta.bɛl/ [puɾˈta.βɛɫ]

• Hyphenation: por‧tá‧vel

Adjective

portável m or f (plural portáveis)

1. portable (able to be carried)

   Synonym: portátil

2. (computing) portable (able to be adapted to multiple systems)

Related terms

• portar

Further reading

• “portável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024