porta

See also: Porta, portá, portà, pòrta, porta-, and pörta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porta (“a gate”). See port.

Noun

porta (plural portae)

(anatomy) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.
(anatomy) The foramen of Monro.
- 1882, Burt Green Wilder, Anatomical Technology
  the porta permits the passage of injection mass from the aula into the procælia

Related terms

portal

References

porta in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Prato, aport, atrop-, op art

Asturian

Verb

porta

inflection of portar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.tə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.ta/
Audio (Catalonia) (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan porta, from Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”).

Noun

porta f (plural portes)

doorway, gateway
door

Derived terms

a porta oberta
a porta tancada
picaporta
porta caladissa
porta corredissa
porta d'entrada
porta giratòria
porta tallafoc
portell
portella
porter

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

porta

third-person singular present indicative form of portar
second-person singular imperative form of portar

References

“porta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“porta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“porta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“porta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

porta

bigger entrance door of courtyard, pylon

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Verb

porta

third-person singular past historic of porter

Anagrams

Prato

Galician

St. Jame's church, Ribadavia

Porta, Castro de Vigo, Vigo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese porta, from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾta̝/

Noun

porta f (plural portas)

door
doorway
gate
- c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 886:
  quando a meterõ ena vila, nõ pode caber pela porta, et ouuerõ a tirar as portas et a enãchar a entrada
  when they took it to the town, it couldn't pass through the gate, and they had to remove the doors and widen the entrance
Synonym: portal
entrance
Synonym: entrada

Related terms

Porta
portal
porteiro
portelo

Verb

porta

inflection of portar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

References

“porta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“porta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“porta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“porta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“porta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porta (“entrance, passage, door”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈportɒ]
Hyphenation: por‧ta
Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

porta (plural porták)

parcel of land (with a house on it)
hotel reception, reception desk, front desk
(figuratively, colloquial) household, house (one's own home)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	porta	porták
accusative	portát	portákat
dative	portának	portáknak
instrumental	portával	portákkal
causal-final	portáért	portákért
translative	portává	portákká
terminative	portáig	portákig
essive-formal	portaként	portákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	portában	portákban
superessive	portán	portákon
adessive	portánál	portáknál
illative	portába	portákba
sublative	portára	portákra
allative	portához	portákhoz
elative	portából	portákból
delative	portáról	portákról
ablative	portától	portáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	portáé	portáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	portáéi	portákéi

Possessive forms of porta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	portám	portáim
2nd person sing.	portád	portáid
3rd person sing.	portája	portái
1st person plural	portánk	portáink
2nd person plural	portátok	portáitok
3rd person plural	portájuk	portáik

Derived terms

portás

References

porta in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Icelandic

Noun

porta

indefinite genitive plural of port

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through/over”), probably as a feminine nominalization of *pr-tó- (“passed (through), crossed”). Doublet of portal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɔrt̪a]
Hyphenation: por‧ta

Noun

porta (plural porta-porta, first-person possessive portaku, second-person possessive portamu, third-person possessive portanya)

(anatomy) porta.
(computing) port.

Compounds

porta inframerah
porta panel datar digital
porta permainan
porta serial

Interlingua

Noun

porta (plural portas)

door

Italian

Porta (door)

Etymology 1

From Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.ta/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrta
Hyphenation: pòr‧ta

Noun

porta f (plural porte)

gate
door
(computing) port
(soccer) goal

Related terms

alle porte
porta a porta
portale
porta USB
portello
porticina
portico
portiera
portiere
portinaio
portone

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.ta/, /ˈpor.ta/[1]
Rhymes: -ɔrta, -orta
Hyphenation: pòr‧ta, pór‧ta

Participle

porta f sg

feminine singular of porto (“(having) given, (having) handed”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.ta/
Rhymes: -ɔrta
Hyphenation: pòr‧ta

Verb

porta

inflection of portare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Derived terms

porta-

References

porta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Prato, parto, potrà, prato, tarpo, tarpò

Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Latin porta (“gate, entrance”).

Noun

porta f

door

Ladin

Verb

porta

inflection of porter:
1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Porta Borsārī, Vērōnae

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *portā, from Proto-Indo-European *porteh₂, from *per- (“to pass through/over”). Cognate with portus, Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “means of passage”).

Pronunciation

porta: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ta/, [ˈpɔrt̪ä]

porta: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ta/, [ˈpɔrt̪ä]
- Audio (Classical) (file)
portā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.taː/, [ˈpɔrt̪äː]

portā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ta/, [ˈpɔrt̪ä]
- Audio (Classical) (file)

Noun

porta f (genitive portae); first declension

gate, especially of a city
entrance, passage, door
Synonyms: ingressus, līmen, initium, foris, iānua, ingressiō, vestibulum
Antonym: abitus
(figuratively) way, means

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	porta	portae
Genitive	portae	portārum
Dative	portae	portīs
Accusative	portam	portās
Ablative	portā	portīs
Vocative	porta	portae

Derived terms

porta itinerī longissima
portārius
portella
porticus
portō
portōrium
portula

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: poartã
- Romanian: poartă
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: puerta
- Galician: porta
- Leonese: puerta
- Mirandese: puorta
- Portuguese: porta, portão
- Spanish: puerta ⇒ portada
  - → Cebuano: pwerta
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: porta
- Dalmatian: puarta
- Istriot: puorta
- Italian: porta
- Neapolitan: porta, puorta
- Sicilian: porta
- Venetian: porta
Òc:
- Catalan: porta
- Occitan: pòrta
Oïl:
- Bourguignon: pote
- French: porte
- Tourangeau: pourte
- Walloon: poite
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: puarte
- Romansch: porta
Sardinian:
- polta, porta, pota
Derived forms:
- ⇒ Latin: portāle (Medieval)
  - → English: portal
  - → Italian: portale
  - → Spanish: portal

Borrowings

→ Albanian: portë
→ Basque: borta
→ Byzantine Greek: πόρτα (pórta)
- Greek: πόρτα (pórta)
- Pontic Greek: πόρτα (pórta)
  - → Laz: პოტრა (p̌oťra), ფოტრა (poťra)
- → Bulgarian: порта (porta)
- → Old Church Slavonic: поръта (porŭta)
→ English: porta (learned)
→ Esperanto: pordo
→ Ido: pordo
→ Old Dutch: porta
- Middle Dutch: porte
  - Dutch: poort
→ Old English: port
- Middle English: port
  - English: port
  - Scots: port
→ Old High German: pforta
- German: Pforte
→ Old Norse: port
- Danish: port
- Swedish: port
  - → Finnish: portti
→ Proto-Brythonic: *porθ (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of portō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.taː/, [ˈpɔrt̪äː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ta/, [ˈpɔrt̪ä]
Audio (Classical) (file)

Verb

portā

singular present active imperative of portō

References

“porta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“porta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
porta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
porta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to go outside the gate: extra portam egredi
- to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
- to be on duty before the gates: stationes agere pro portis
- to break down the gates: claustra portarum revellere
- (ambiguous) to barricade the gates: portas obstruere (B. G. 5. 50)
- (ambiguous) to break down the gates: portas refringere
“porta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
porta in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
“porta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Noun

porta m

genitive singular form of ports

Portuguese

Porta

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese porta, from Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈpɔh.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈpɔχ.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɻ.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/

(Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹ.tɐ/
Hyphenation: por‧ta

Noun

porta f (plural portas)

door
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 180:
  Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!
  If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!
entrance
Synonym: entrada
(by extension) gateway
(by extension) solution
Synonym: solução
(computing) port (connector of an electronic device)

Derived terms

ao pé da porta
à porta fechada
burro como uma porta
dar com a porta na cara
falar com uma porta
porta aberta
porta de água
porta do cavalo
porta giratória
portinha (diminutive)
portona (augmentative)
surdo como uma porta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

porta

inflection of portar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pȏrta f (Cyrillic spelling по̑рта)

entrance

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Noun

porta f (plural portas)

(nautical) porthole
Obsolete spelling of puerta

Derived terms

vena porta

Verb

porta

inflection of portar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

Shortening of portförbjuda from port (entrance, gateway, door) and förbjuda (prohibit, forbid).

Verb

porta (present portar, preterite portade, supine portat, imperative porta)

to forbid somebody to enter, e.g. a shop, a pub or similar (often due to bad behavior during a previous visit)
Han är portad från puben
He's banned from the pub

Conjugation

Conjugation of porta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	porta		portas
Supine	portat		portats
Imperative	porta		—
Imper. plural¹	porten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	portar	portade	portas	portades
Ind. plural¹	porta	portade	portas	portades
Subjunctive²	porte	portade	portes	portades
	Participles
Present participle	portande
Past participle	portad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

ropat

[1] rta in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

[2] rta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

porta

English

Etymology

Noun

Related terms

References

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

References

Crimean Tatar

Noun

French

Pronunciation

Verb

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Verb

References

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Icelandic

Noun

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Compounds

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Participle

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Italiot Greek

Etymology

Noun

Ladin

Verb

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Latvian

Noun