portável

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin portābilis.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈta.vew/ [pohˈta.veʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾˈta.vew/ [poɾˈta.veʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁˈta.vew/ [poχˈta.veʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poɻˈta.vew/ [poɻˈta.veʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈta.vɛl/ [puɾˈta.vɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈta.bɛl/ [puɾˈta.βɛɫ]

Hyphenation: por‧tá‧vel

Adjective

portável m or f (plural portáveis)

portable (able to be carried)
Synonym: portátil
(computing) portable (able to be adapted to multiple systems)

Related terms

portar

Further reading

“portável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025