comportar

comportar (first-person singular indicative present comporto, past participle comportáu)

1. to act, behave

From com- +‎ portar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.purˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kom.porˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kom.poɾˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

comportar (first-person singular present comporto, first-person singular preterite comportí, past participle comportat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive, obsolete) to support, to sustain

   Synonyms: sostenir, suportar

2. (transitive) to bear, to put up with
3. (transitive) to involve, to entail, to imply

   Synonym: implicar

   • 2020 November 8, Albert Cuesta, “Xarxes socials i algoritmes: dilema? Quin dilema? [Social networks and algorithms: dilemma? What dilemma?]”, in Ara‎^[1]:

     El metratge també conté un degoteig d’evidències científiques i estadístiques sobre els danys psicològics i físics, personals i socials, que l’ús d’aquestes plataformes digitals comporta.

     The runtime also contains a drip of scientific evidence and statistics on the psychological and physical, personal and social damages that the use of these digital platforms entails.

4. (reflexive) to behave, to act

   Synonyms: portar-se, captenir-se

• comport
• comportable
• comportament
• comportívol

• “comportar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “comportar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “comportar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “comportar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin comportāre.

comportar (first-person singular present comporto, first-person singular preterite comportei, past participle comportado)

1. (pronominal) to behave (to act in a polite or proper way)

   Expulsaram seu filho da escola porque nunca se comporta. ― They expelled their son from school because he never behaves.

2. (pronominal) to behave (to act in the specified manner) [with como ‘as someone/something’ or adverb ‘in some way’]

   De fato, ele se comportava muito mal. ― Indeed, he was behaving very badly.

   Se queres vencer, deves te comportar como campeão. ― If you want to win, you must behave as a champion.

3. (transitive) to take up to; to bear; to admit (to have as its capacity)

   Comprei uma balde que comporta cinco litros de água. ― I bought a bucket that takes up to five litres of water.

4. (transitive) to contain (to have inside or within itself)

   Synonym: conter

5. (transitive) to stand; to tolerate; to bear

   Synonyms: aguentar, suportar

From Latin comportāre.

• IPA^(key): /kompoɾˈtaɾ/ [kõm.poɾˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧por‧tar

comportar (first-person singular present comporto, first-person singular preterite comporté, past participle comportado)

1. (transitive) to involve
2. (transitive) to tolerate
3. (transitive, Latin America) to entail
4. (pronominal) to behave, to act

   Synonym: actuar

5. (reflexive, Mexico) to behave oneself

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