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Asturian

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Noun

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puerto m (plural puertos)

  1. (Ayer, Ḷḷena, Riosa, Los Argüeyos, Villacidayo) Alternative form of puertu

Chavacano

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/, [ˈpweɾ.t̪o]
  • Hyphenation: puer‧to

Noun

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puerto

  1. port; harbour

Ilocano

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/ [ˈpweɾ.to]
  • Hyphenation: puer‧to

Noun

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puerto (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜁᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. port; harbour

Ladino

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Etymology

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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).

Noun

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puerto m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פואירטו)[1]

  1. port (harbor)

References

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (crossing), from *per- (to go forth, to cross). Cognate with Old French port, Old Galician-Portuguese porto.

Noun

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puerto m (plural puertos)

  1. port (harbor)

Descendants

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  • Ladino: puerto, פואירטו
  • Spanish: puerto

References

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  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “puerto”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 415

Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/ [ˈpweɾ.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾto
  • Syllabification: puer‧to

Noun

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puerto m (plural puertos)

  1. port, harbour
  2. Ellipsis of puerto de montaña.; mountain pass
    Synonym: collado
    • 2017, “Etapa 17 Villadiego / Los Machucos. Monumento Vaca Pasiega”, in La Vuelta[1]:
      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.
  3. (computing) port

Derived terms

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-in Argentinian toponyms:

-in Bolivian toponyms:

-in Chilean toponyms:

-in Colombian toponyms:

-in Ecuadorian toponyms:

-in Panamanian toponyms:

-in Venezuelan toponyms:

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Further reading

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