puerta
See also: Puerta
Asturian
Etymology
From Old Leonese puerta, from Latin porta.
Noun
puerta f (plural puertes)
- door
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish puerta.
Noun
puerta
- door
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish puerta.
Noun
puerta
- door
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish puerta, from Latin porta.
Noun
puerta f (Latin spelling, plural puertas)
- door
Leonese
Etymology
From Old Leonese puerta, from Latin porta.
Noun
puerta f (plural puertas)
- door
References
- AEDLL
- Pallabreiru Llïonés
Spanish
Alternative forms
- porta
Etymology
From Old Spanish puerta, from Latin porta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpweɾta/ [ˈpweɾ.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾta
- Syllabification: puer‧ta
Noun
puerta f (plural puertas)
- door (portal of entry into a building)
- gate (doorlike structure outside a house)
- gate (passageway in an airport)
- doorway, doorstep, gateway
- (sports) goal (area into which players attempt to put an object)
- Synonym: portería
Derived terms
- abrepuertas
- abrir la puerta
- abrir puerta
- a las puertas de
- a las puertas de la muerte
- antepuerta
- a puerta cerrada
- a puertas
- a puertas cerradas
- contrapuerta (“storm door”)
- de puertas para afuera
- en puertas
- hablando del rey de Roma, por la puerta asoma
- por la puerta grande
- portillo
- puerta corredera
- puerta giratoria
- puerta lateral (“side door”)
- puertas nacaradas
- puerta trasera
- puertecita
- puertita
- quedarse a la puerta
- saque de puerta
- sujetapuertas
Related terms
- compuerta
- portada
- portal
- portazgo
- portazo
- portería
- portero
- portón
- puerto
Descendants
- Chavacano: puerta
- → Cebuano: pwerta, pulta
- → Tagalog: puwerta
Further reading
- “puerta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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