porto

See also: Porto, portó, portò, and pôrto

English

Noun

porto (plural portos)

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

Synonyms

• porto français

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɔr.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɔr.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔɾ.to]

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Harbour sign, Burela, Lugo

Harbour of A Coruña, 1910s

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

• Portiño
• Porto
• Porto da Pena
• Porto Novo
• Porto Vello
• Portobó
• Portobravo
• Portocelo
• Portochán
• Portochao
• Portociño
• Portociños
• Portocovo
• Portodemouros
• Portomourisco
• Portomouro
• Portonovo
• Portopereiro
• Portosanto
• Portoseco
• Portovello

 

Verb

porto

1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “porto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “porto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “porto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

Ladino

Etymology 1

Noun

porto m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פורטו)

1. Alternative form of puerto
   • (Can we date this quote?), 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

porto (Hebrew spelling פורטו)

1. first-person singular present indicative of portar

Latin

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.toː/, [ˈpɔrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.to/, [ˈpɔrt̪o]

Verb

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of portō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	portō	portās	portat	portāmus	portātis	portant
	imperfect	portābam	portābās	portābat	portābāmus	portābātis	portābant
	future	portābō	portābis	portābit	portābimus	portābitis	portābunt
	perfect	portāvī	portāvistī, portāstī1	portāvit, portāt1	portāvimus, portāmus1	portāvistis, portāstis1	portāvērunt, portāvēre, portārunt1
	pluperfect	portāveram, portāram1	portāverās, portārās1	portāverat, portārat1	portāverāmus, portārāmus1	portāverātis, portārātis1	portāverant, portārant1
	future perfect	portāverō, portārō1	portāveris, portāris1	portāverit, portārit1	portāverimus, portārimus1	portāveritis, portāritis1	portāverint, portārint1
passive	present	portor	portāris, portāre	portātur	portāmur	portāminī	portantur
	imperfect	portābar	portābāris, portābāre	portābātur	portābāmur	portābāminī	portābantur
	future	portābor	portāberis, portābere	portābitur	portābimur	portābiminī	portābuntur
	perfect	portātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	portātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	portātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	portem	portēs	portet	portēmus	portētis	portent
imperfect	portārem	portārēs	portāret	portārēmus	portārētis	portārent
perfect	portāverim, portārim1	portāverīs, portārīs1	portāverit, portārit1	portāverīmus, portārīmus1	portāverītis, portārītis1	portāverint, portārint1
pluperfect	portāvissem, portāssem1	portāvissēs, portāssēs1	portāvisset, portāsset1	portāvissēmus, portāssēmus1	portāvissētis, portāssētis1	portāvissent, portāssent1
passive	present	porter	portēris, portēre	portētur	portēmur	portēminī	portentur
imperfect	portārer	portārēris, portārēre	portārētur	portārēmur	portārēminī	portārentur
perfect	portātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	portātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	portā	—	—	portāte	—
	future	—	portātō	portātō	—	portātōte	portantō
passive	present	—	portāre	—	—	portāminī	—
	future	—	portātor	portātor	—	—	portantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		portāre	portāvisse, portāsse1	portātūrum esse	portārī	portātum esse	portātum īrī
participles		portāns	—	portātūrus	—	portātus	portandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		portandī	portandō	portandum	portandō	portātum	portātū

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

Derived terms

• apportō
• asportō
• comportō
• deportō
• exportō
• importō
• opportō
• portābilis
• portātiō
• portātor
• portitor
• reportō
• supportō
• trānsportō

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Aromanian: portu, purtari
• Asturian: portar
• Catalan: portar
• Dalmatian: portur
• French: porter
• Friulian: puartâ
• Galician: portar
• Istriot: portà
• Italian: portare
• Ladin: porter
• Neapolitan: portare
• Occitan: portar
• Portuguese: portar
• Romanian: purta, purtare
• Romansch: purtar, porter, portar
• Sardinian: poltare, portai, portare, potai
• Sicilian: purtari
• Spanish: portar
• Venetan: portar
• → Proto-Brythonic: *porθọd
  • Cornish: perthy
  • Middle Welsh: porthy
    • Welsh: porthi (“to nourish”)

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.tɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrtɔ
• Syllabification: por‧to
• Homophone: Porto

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian porto.

Noun

porto n (indeclinable)

1. postage (charge)

Etymology 2

From Porto.

Noun

porto n (indeclinable)

1. port wine

   Synonym: portwajn

Related terms

nouns

• Porto

 

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ.tu/

• (Porto) IPA^(key): [ˈpwɐɾ.tu]
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoh.tu/
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾtu, (Brazil) -oʁtu
• 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

• Porto Acre
• Porto Alegre
• Porto Alegre do Norte
• Porto Alegre do Piauí
• Porto Alegre do Tocantins
• Porto Amazonas
• Porto Barreiro
• Porto Belo
• Porto Calvo
• Porto da Folha
• Porto de Moz
• Porto de Pedras
• Porto do Mangue
• Porto dos Gaúchos
• Porto Esperidião
• Porto Estrela
• Porto Feliz
• Porto Ferreira
• Porto Firme
• Porto Franco
• Porto Grande
• Porto Lucena
• Porto Mauá
• Porto Murtinho
• Porto Nacional
• Porto Real
• Porto Real do Colégio
• Porto Rico
• Porto Rico do Maranhão
• Porto Seguro
• Porto União
• Porto Velho
• Porto Vera Cruz
• Porto Vitória
• Porto Walter
• Porto Xavier

 

Etymology 2

From Porto.

Alternative forms

• pôrto (superseded)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ.tu/

• (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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tu/ [ˈpɔh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tu/ [ˈpɔh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tu/ [ˈpɔχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tu/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔh.tu/
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾtu, (Brazil) -ɔʁtu
• 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

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

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^[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.