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porto.

port, harbour/harbor

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɔr.to/

  1. port, harbour/harbor

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from the root *per- (“to go forth”, “to cross”).

noun/ˈpɔr.to/

  1. port (type of wine)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Portuguese Porto, name of the city where the wines were originally shipped from.

noun/ˈpɔr.to//ˈpor.to/

  1. ferry

    archaic · masculine
Where this word comes from

From a merger of the first and fourth etymologies.

verb/ˈpɔr.to//ˈpor.to/

  1. past participle of porgere

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb/ˈpɔr.to/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of portare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

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