# porto
## English
### Noun

porto (plural portos)
* An apéritif made from port.
* Synonym of port.

#### Synonyms

* porto français

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɔr.tu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈpɔr.to]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpɔɾ.to]

### Verb

porto
* first-person singular present indicative of portar

## Danish
### Noun

porto
* postage; payment for sending a letter or package

## Dutch
### Etymology

Loanword from Italian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔr.toː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: por‧to

### Noun

porto m (plural porti or porto's)
* the postage due for having a letter or package transported and delivered by a postal service

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔʁ.to/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

porto m (plural portos)
* 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpoɾto/ [ˈpoɾ.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -oɾto
* Hyphenation: por‧to

### Noun

porto m (plural portos)
* port, harbour
* 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 carrosby the road that goes to the wood of Valadares as it goes by the ford of the river where the carts cross
* pass, defile
* 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
* 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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: /ˈpɔr.to/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrto
* Hyphenation: pòr‧to

#### Noun

porto m (plural porti)
* 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: /ˈpɔr.to/
* Rhymes: -ɔrto
* Hyphenation: pòr‧to

#### Noun

porto m (plural porti)
* port (type of wine)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔr.to/, /ˈpor.to/
* Rhymes: -ɔrto, -orto
* Hyphenation: pòr‧to, pór‧to

#### Noun

porto m (plural porti)
* (archaic) ferry

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔr.to/, /ˈpor.to/
* Rhymes: -ɔrto, -orto
* Hyphenation: pòr‧to, pór‧to

#### Participle

porto (feminine porta, masculine plural porti, feminine plural porte)
* past participle of porgere

##### Related terms

* porto di mare
* porto d'armi

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔr.to/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrto
* Hyphenation: pòr‧to

#### Verb

porto
* first-person singular present indicative of portare

### Anagrams

* -tropo, potrò, proto, proto-, tropo

## Ladino
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

porto m (Hebrew spelling פורטו)
* Alternative form of puerto
** 19th century, 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, 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)
* first-person singular present indicative of portar

#### References

* ↑ “porto”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## 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: /ˈpor.toː/, [ˈpɔrt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpor.to/, [ˈpɔrt̪o]

### Verb

portō (present infinitive portāre, perfect active portāvī, supine portātum); first conjugation
* 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.
* to convey, bring
    Synonym: vehō
* to wear
    Synonyms: gerō, vestiō

#### Conjugation

$^1$At 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

* 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”)

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “portō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 482-3

### 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, 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, 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)
* 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)
* postage

### References

* “porto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔr.tɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrtɔ
* Syllabification: por‧to
* Homophone: Porto

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian porto.

#### Noun

porto n (indeclinable)
* postage (charge)

### Etymology 2

From Porto.

#### Noun

porto n (indeclinable)
* port wine
    Synonym: portwajn

##### Related terms

* 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 (pre-reform)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoh.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoh.tu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈpoɾ.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoχ.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpoɻ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpoɾ.tu/
* (Porto) IPA: [ˈpwɐɾ.tu]
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾtu, -oʁtu
* Homophone: Porto
* Hyphenation: por‧to

#### Noun

porto m (plural portos, metaphonic)
* port; harbour (place on the coast at which ships can shelter or dock)
* port (city containing such a place)
* (figurative) haven (place of safety)
* Ellipsis of vinho do Porto.

##### 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔʁ.tu/ [ˈpɔh.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔʁ.tu/ [ˈpɔh.tu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈpɔɾ.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpɔʁ.tu/ [ˈpɔχ.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔɻ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɔɾ.tu/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔh.tu/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾtu, (Brazil) -ɔʁtu
* Hyphenation: por‧to

#### Verb

porto
* first-person singular present indicative of portar

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French porto.

### Noun

porto n (uncountable)
* port wine

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Verb

porto
* first-person singular present indicative of portar

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian porto. Attested since 1645.

#### Noun

porto n
* postage

##### Meronyms

* frimärke (“stamp”)
* portokod (“postage code”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese oporto.

#### Noun

porto n
* Dated spelling of port (“port (wine)”).
** 1900, Oscar Levertin, chapter V, in Magistrarne i Österås‎, 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.