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5-letter words (2 found)

APORT,PORTA,

4-letter words (14 found)

ATOP,PART,PORT,PRAO,PRAT,PROA,RAPT,RATO,ROTA,TARO,TARP,TORA,TRAP,TROP,

3-letter words (22 found)

APO,APT,ART,OAR,OAT,OPA,OPT,ORA,ORT,PAR,PAT,POA,POT,PRO,RAP,RAT,ROT,TAO,TAP,TAR,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AR,AT,OP,OR,PA,PO,TA,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of porta

porta

English

Etymology

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

Noun

porta (plural portae) (anatomy)

  1. The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.
  2. The foramen of Monro.

Related terms

References

  • “porta”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • atrop-, Prato, aport, op art, trapo

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoɾta/ [ˈpoɾ.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -oɾta
  • Syllabification: por‧ta

Verb

porta

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔr.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔɾ.ta]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

porta f (plural portes)

  1. doorway, gateway
  2. door
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

porta

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

References

  • “porta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “porta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “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 (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. bigger entrance door of courtyard, pylon

French

Pronunciation

Verb

porta

  1. third-person singular past historic of porter

Anagrams

  • Prato

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese porta, from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔɾta/ [ˈpɔɾ.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔɾta
  • Hyphenation: por‧ta

Noun

porta f (plural portas)

  1. door
  2. doorway
  3. gate
    Synonym: portal
  4. entrance
    Synonym: entrada

Related terms

Verb

porta

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

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “porta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “porta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “porta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porta (plural porták)

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • portás

References

Further reading

  • porta in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Noun

porta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of port

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin porta. Doublet of portal.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpɔrta/ [ˈpɔr.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrta
  • Syllabification: por‧ta

Noun

porta (plural porta-porta)

  1. (anatomy) porta
  2. (computing) port

Compounds

Further reading

  • “porta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

porta (plural portas)

  1. door

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porta f (plural porte)

  1. gate
  2. door
  3. (computing) port
  4. (soccer) goal
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.ta/, /ˈpor.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrta, -orta
  • Hyphenation: pòr‧ta, pór‧ta

Participle

porta f sg

  1. 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

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

References

Anagrams

  • Prato, parto, potrà, prato, tarpo, tarpò

Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Latin porta (“gate, entrance”).

Noun

porta f

  1. door

Ladin

Verb

porta

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

Latin

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

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.ta]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.t̪a]

Noun

porta f (genitive portae); first declension

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

First-declension noun.

Derived terms
Descendants
Borrowings

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.taː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.t̪a]

Verb

portā

  1. 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “porta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • porta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], 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

  1. genitive singular of ports

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese porta.

Pronunciation

Noun

porta

  1. door

Derived terms

  • porta-casa (“front door”)
  • porta-trás (“back door”)

References

  • https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#p

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *portā, which is a borrowing from Latin porta (“gateway, passage”).

Noun

porta f

  1. gate

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: porte (reinforced by Old French porte)
    • Dutch: poort

Further reading

  • “porta”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpor.tɑ/, [ˈporˠ.tɑ]

Noun

porta

  1. genitive plural of port

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹ.tɐ/
  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁtɐ, (Portugal) -ɔɾtɐ
  • Hyphenation: por‧ta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

porta f (plural portas)

  1. door
  2. entrance
    Synonym: entrada
  3. (by extension) gateway
  4. (by extension) solution
    Synonym: solução
  5. (computing) port (connector of an electronic device)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

porta

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

Further reading

  • “porta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
  • “porta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
  • “porta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pȏrta f (Cyrillic spelling по̑рта)

  1. entrance

Declension

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • purta (Gallo-italic of Sicily)
  • potta (regressively assimilated, dialectal)
  • puaitta, puajtta (iotacized, dialectal)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔɾ.ta/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔɾ.ta], [ˈpu-], [ˈpwe-], [ˈpwɔ-], [ˈpuɔ̯ɪ̯t.ta], [-t.ta], [pʊˈɔ̯ɪ̯-] (dialectal)
  • Rhymes: -orta
  • Hyphenation: pòr‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”). Compare, for more, Galician, Portuguese, Italian, Corsican, and Neapolitan porta, Asturian and Spanish puerta.

Noun

porta f (plural porti)

  1. gate
  2. door
  3. (computing) port
  4. (soccer) goal
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

porta

  1. inflection of purtari:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoɾta/ [ˈpoɾ.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -oɾta
  • Syllabification: por‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin porta. Doublet of puerta.

Noun

porta f (plural portas)

  1. (nautical) porthole
    Synonyms: tronera, ventanilla
  2. Obsolete spelling of puerta.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

porta

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

Further reading

  • “porta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to forbid somebody to enter, e.g. a shop, a pub or similar (often due to bad behavior during a previous visit)

Conjugation

See also

  • portera

References

  • porta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • porta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • ropat

Source: wiktionary.org