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portar.

to bear, to carry

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/poɾˈtaɾ/[poɾˈt̪aɾ]
  1. to bear, to carry

    transitive
    Portaba una maleta.
    Portaba armas.
  2. to wear (clothes)

    transitive
    Aunque se había mudado a la Ciudad de Guatemala desde su pueblo indígena, ella sigue portando su vestimenta tradicional.
  3. to behave, to be good

    reflexive
    Pórtate bien en la escuela.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish portar, a foreign word borrowed in various times from Latin portāre (“bring, carry”) and from cognates in Romance languages such as Catalan portar, French porter, Italian portare; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“go, traverse”).

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