# puerto
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpweɾto/ [ˈpweɾ.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -eɾto
* Syllabification: puer‧to

### Noun

puerto m (plural puertos)
* (Ayer, Ḷḷena, Riosa, Los Argüeyos, Villacidayo) Alternative form of puertu

## Chavacano
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /ˈpweɾto/, [ˈpweɾ.t̪o]
* Hyphenation: puer‧to

### Noun

puerto
* port; harbour

## Ilocano
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /ˈpweɾto/ [ˈpweɾ.to]
* Hyphenation: puer‧to

### Noun

puérto (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜁᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)
* port
* harbour
    Synonym: sangladan

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* porto

### Etymology

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

puerto m (Hebrew spelling פואירטו)
* (countable, nautical) port (harbor; harbour)
* (countable) shore
** 1553, “Yrmeahu, XLVII”, in Yom Tob Atías, Abraham Usque, transl., Biblia de Ferrara‎, 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

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

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

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

puerto m (plural puertos)
* port (harbor)

#### Descendants

* Ladino: puerto, פואירטו
* Spanish: puerto
** Chavacano: puerto
** Ilocano: puerto

### References

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

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

### Noun

puerto m (plural puertos)
* port, harbour
* Ellipsis of puerto de montaña.; mountain pass
    Synonym: collado
** 2017, “Etapa 17 Villadiego / Los Machucos. Monumento Vaca Pasiega”, in La Vuelta‎: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.
* (computing) port

#### Derived terms

* aeropuerto
* antepuerto
* El Puerto de Santa María
* helipuerto
* puerto de arribada
* puerto deportivo
* puerto fluvial
* puerto franco
* Puerto Rico
* puerto seco
-in Argentinian toponyms:
* Puerto Bermejo
* Puerto Curtiembre
* Puerto Deseado
* Puerto Esperanza
* Puerto Eva Perón
* Puerto General San Martín
* Puerto Iguazú
* Puerto Las Cuevas
* Puerto Leoni
* Puerto Libertad
* Puerto Madero
* Puerto Madryn
* Puerto Pirámides
* Puerto Piray
* Puerto Rico
* Puerto Ruiz
* Puerto San Julián
* Puerto Santa Cruz
* Puerto Tirol
* Puerto Vilelas
* Puerto Yeruá
-in Bolivian toponyms:
* Puerto Acosta
* Puerto Almacén
* Puerto Aroma
* Puerto Aurora
* Puerto Ballivián
* Puerto Evo Morales
* Puerto Gonzalo Moreno
* Puerto Heath
* Puerto Pailas
* Puerto Pérez
* Puerto Quijarro
* Puerto Rico
* Puerto Siles
* Puerto Suárez
* Puerto Villarroel
-in Chilean toponyms:
* Puerto Aguirre
* Puerto Aldea
* Puerto Aysén
* Puerto Bertrand
* Puerto Bonito
* Puerto Bories
* Puerto Carrasco
* Puerto Chacabuco
* Puerto Cisnes
* Puerto Claro
* Puerto Domínguez
* Puerto Edén
* Puerto Enco
* Puerto Fonck
* Puerto Fuy
* Puerto Gala
* Puerto Gaviota
* Puerto Guadal
* Puerto Harris
* Puerto Ibáñez
* Puerto Montt
* Puerto Murta
* Puerto Natales
* Puerto Navarino
* Puerto Octay
* Puerto Pirehueico
* Puerto Puyuhuapi
* Puerto Raúl Marín Balmaceda
* Puerto Río Tranquilo
* Puerto Saavedra
* Puerto Sánchez
* Puerto Toro
* Puerto Ulloa
* Puerto Varas
* Puerto Velero
* Puerto Viejo
* Puerto Williams
* Puerto Yartou
-in Colombian toponyms:
* Puerto Alegría
* Puerto Antioquia
* Puerto Araujo
* Puerto Arica
* Puerto Asís
* Puerto Bélgica
* Puerto Berrío
* Puerto Bogotá
* Puerto Boyacá
* Puerto Caicedo
* Puerto Carreño
* Puerto Claver
* Puerto Colombia
* Puerto Concordia
* Puerto Escondido
* Puerto Gaitán
* Puerto Garza
* Puerto Guzmán
* Puerto Leguízamo
* Puerto Libertador
* Puerto Lleras
* Puerto López
* Puerto Milán
* Puerto Mosquito
* Puerto Nare
* Puerto Nariño
* Puerto Nus
* Puerto Parra
* Puerto Perales
* Puerto Rico
* Puerto Rondón
* Puerto Salgar
* Puerto Santander
* Puerto Tejada
* Puerto Triana
* Puerto Triunfo
* Puerto Valdivia
* Puerto Venus
* Puerto Wilches
-in Ecuadorian toponyms:
* Puerto Bolívar
* Puerto Limón
* Puerto López
* Puerto Misahuallí
* Puerto Pechiche
-in Panamanian toponyms:
* El Puerto
* Puerto Armuelles
* Puerto Caimito
* Puerto Indio
* Puerto Obaldía
* Puerto Pilón
* Puerto Piña
* Puerto Vidal
-in Venezuelan toponyms:
* Puerto Ayacucho
* Puerto Cabello
* Puerto Cumarebo
* Puerto La Cruz
* Puerto Miranda
* Puerto Nuevo
* Puerto Nutrias
* Puerto Píritu
* Puerto Santo
* Puerto Vivas

#### Related terms

* portuario
* puerta

### Further reading

* “puerto”, 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