Porto
See also: porto, portó, portò, pôrto, and Pôrto
English
Alternative forms
- (city): Oporto, O Porto, Port
- (wine): Oporto, O Porto, Port, oporto, o porto, porto, port, Oporto wine, O Porto wine, Porto wine, Port wine, oporto wine, o porto wine, porto wine, port wine
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Porto
- (wine): the name of the city whence it originates.
Proper noun
Porto
- A city in Portugal, where port wine originates
Noun
Porto (plural Portos)
- port wine from Porto
- by extension, generic port wine, wine of the style of Porto
- by extension, fortified wine
Hypernyms
- fortified wine
- wine
Anagrams
- Proto, Topor, Troop, proot, proto, proto-, troop, tropo, tropo-
Catalan
Proper noun
Porto ?
- Oporto
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔʁ.to/
Proper noun
Porto ?
- Oporto
Galician
Etymology
From porto (“pass; ford; harbour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔɾtʊ]
Proper noun
Porto m
- a large number of villages and parishes throughout Galicia
- a toponymical surname
- Oporto, Porto (a city and municipality of Porto district, Portugal)
Related terms
- Porto do Son
- Portocamba
- Portocelo
- Portomarín
- Portomourisco
- Portomouro
- Portosiño
References
- “Porto” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Porto” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
German
Porto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔʁto/
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Noun
Porto n
- postage (charge)
Derived terms
- Nachporto
- Strafporto
Further reading
- “Porto” in Duden online
- “Porto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Polish
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Porto
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Porto, from Old Portuguese Porto, from Latin Portus (Cale), from portus (“port”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.tɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔrtɔ
- Syllabification: Por‧to
Proper noun
Porto n (indeclinable)
- Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
- Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)
Related terms
noun
- porto
Further reading
- Porto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Porto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Porto
Alternative forms
- O Porto
- Pôrto (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese Porto, from Latin Portus (Cale), from portus (“port”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoh.tu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpoʁ.tu/ [ˈpoχ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpoɻ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ.tu/
- Homophone: porto
- Hyphenation: Por‧to
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Proper noun
Porto m
- Oporto, Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)
- Cidade do Porto ― Porto City
- Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
Derived terms
- portuense
- portista
References
- “Porto” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.