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puerto

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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

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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Borrowed 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.to]
  • Hyphenation: puer‧to

Noun

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puérto (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜁᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. port
  2. harbour
    Synonym: sangladan

Ladino

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Alternative forms

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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 (Hebrew spelling פואירטו)[1]

  1. (countable, nautical) port (harbor; harbour)
  2. (countable) shore
    • 1553, “Yrmeahu, XLVII”, in Yom Tob Atías, Abraham Usque, transl., Biblia de Ferrara‎[1], page 348:
      Como ſoſſegaràs y .A. encomendó à ella, à Askelon, y al puerto de la mar? alli la aparejó.
      How canst thou be quiet? For the Lord hath given it a charge; against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath He appointed it.

References

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  1. ^ “puerto”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

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[2]:
      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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