# aportar
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* apurtar (Western Asturias)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin apportāre (“to bring, to carry, to import”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apoɾˈtaɾ/ [a.poɾˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧por‧tar

### Verb

aportar (first-person singular indicative present aporto, past participle aportáu)
* to arrive
    Synonym: allegar
** 1634-1662?, Antón de Marirreguera, Dido y Eneas‎:Y xuntos aportanon á la Afríca ,And together they arrived in Africa
* to happen
    Synonyms: asoceder, avenir, acaecer
** 1869, José Fernández Quevedo y Llanos, Batalla del Guadalete‎:Cuand' una disgracia aporta,When a misfortune happens,
* to come to (doing something)
** 1861, José Sánchez de Santa María, Evanxeliu según San Mateu‎:Diendo mas alantre, aportó á ver utros dos hermanos, Xacobu fiu del Zebedeu, y Xuan so hermanuGoing further, he came to see other two brothers, Jacob son of Zebedee, and John his brother
* to be worthwile, to fit
    Synonyms: ameritar, vagar

#### Derived terms

* aportaderu

## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ portar.

### Verb

aportar (first-person singular present aporto, first-person singular preterite aportí, past participle aportat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/(transitive)
* to bring
    Synonym: portar
* to contribute
    Synonym: contribuir
* to bring up
    Synonym: adduir

#### Derived terms

* aportació
* aportador
* aportament
* aportant

### Further reading

* “aportar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ porto +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pohˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pohˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.poɾˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.poχˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.poɻˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.puɾˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.puɾˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.puɾˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧por‧tar

### Verb

aportar (first-person singular present aporto, first-person singular preterite aportei, past participle aportado)
* (nautical) to dock; to anchor

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apportāre (“to bring, to carry, to import”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apoɾˈtaɾ/ [a.poɾˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧por‧tar

### Verb

aportar (first-person singular present aporto, first-person singular preterite aporté, past participle aportado)
* to contribute
    Synonym: contribuir
** 2023 December 4, Clara Blanchar, Dani Cordero, “Barcelona supera este año los tres millones de cruceristas, y aumentan solo los que hacen escala”, in El País‎:Los cruceros aportan el 4% de visitantes de la ciudad y un 13% de la recaudación de la tasa turística, añade como recado al gobierno de Jaume Collboni, aunque también ofrece a CLIA para “colaborar con Barcelona” si el sector provoca alguna congestión.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to provide; to give
    Synonym: proveer
    no me aportas solucionesyou don't provide me with any solutions
* to bring
    Synonym: traer
* to dock, to enter into a port

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* aportador
* aportante
* aporte

#### Related terms

* aportación

### Further reading

* “aportar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10