comportar.
to behave (to act in a polite or proper way)
Meaning & usage
to behave (to act in a polite or proper way)
Expulsaram seu filho da escola porque nunca se comporta.
to behave (to act in the specified manner)
De fato, ele se comportava muito mal.
Se queres vencer, deves te comportar como campeão.
to take up to; to bear; to admit (to have as its capacity)
Comprei uma balde que comporta cinco litros de água.
to contain (to have inside or within itself)
to stand; to tolerate; to bear
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.
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