overwordExplorer
PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

comportar.

to behave (to act in a polite or proper way)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/kõ.poʁˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[kõ.pohˈta(h)]Brazil/kõ.poʁˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[kõ.pohˈta(h)]Brazil
  1. to behave (to act in a polite or proper way)

    pronominal
    Expulsaram seu filho da escola porque nunca se comporta.
  2. to behave (to act in the specified manner)

    pronominal
    De fato, ele se comportava muito mal.
    Se queres vencer, deves te comportar como campeão.
  3. to take up to; to bear; to admit (to have as its capacity)

    transitive
    Comprei uma balde que comporta cinco litros de água.
  4. to contain (to have inside or within itself)

    transitive
  5. to stand; to tolerate; to bear

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin comportārebor. Portuguese comportar Borrowed from Latin comportāre.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

comportar has 9 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

comportar studiocomportar workshello, comportar

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.