Porto
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 was exported.
Proper noun
Porto
- A city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal.
- A district in northern Portugal.
Derived terms
Translations
city in Portugal
Noun
Porto (plural Portos)
- port wine
- by extension, generic port wine, wine of the style of Porto
- by extension, fortified wine
Hypernyms
Anagrams
Catalan
Proper noun
Porto ?
- Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
- Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔʁ.to/
Proper noun
Porto f
- Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
- Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)
Galician
Etymology
From porto (“pass; ford; harbour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔɾtʊ]
Proper noun
Porto m
- a large number of villages and parishes throughout Galicia, Spain
- a toponymical surname
- Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
- Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)
Related terms
- Porto do Son
- Portocamba
- Portocelo
- Portomarín
- Portomourisco
- Portomouro
- Portosiño
- portuense
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
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔʁto/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file)
Noun
Porto n
- postage (charge)
Derived terms
- Nachporto
- Strafporto
Further reading
Old Galician-Portuguese
Proper noun
Porto
Descendants
- Portuguese: Porto
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Porto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.tɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔrtɔ
- Syllabification: Por‧to
- Homophone: porto
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
nouns
Further reading
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- O Porto
- Pôrto (pre-reform spelling)
- Puorto, Puarto (eye dialect)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Porto, from Latin Portus (Cale) (modern city of Vila Nova de Gaia), 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/
- (Porto) IPA(key): /ˈp(w)oɾ.tu/, /ˈpwɐɾ.tu/
Audio (Portugal): (file) - Rhymes: (Brazil) -oʁtu, (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾtu
- Homophone: porto
- Hyphenation: Por‧to
Proper noun
Porto m
- Porto (a city and municipality, the former district capital of the district of Porto, Portugal)
- Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “Porto”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025