English

Noun

porta ‎(plural portae)

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

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Asturian

Verb

porta

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Noun

porta f ‎(plural portes)

1. door

Verb

porta

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

Crimean Tatar

Noun

porta

1. bigger entrance door of courtyard, pylon

French

Verb

porta

1. third-person singular past historic of porter

Anagrams

• Prato

Galician

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Noun

porta f ‎(plural portas)

1. door
2. entrance

Synonyms

• (entrance): entrada

Antonyms

• (entrance): saída

Verb

porta

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈportɒ]
• Hyphenation: por‧ta

Noun

porta ‎(plural porták)

1. port (gate)
2. parcel of land (with a house on it)

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

porta

1. indefinite genitive plural of port

Interlingua

Noun

porta ‎(plural portas)

1. door

Interlingue

Noun

porta

1. door

Related terms

• portero (doorkeeper?)

Italian

Porta (door)

Etymology 1

From Latin porta.

Pronunciation

Noun

porta f ‎(plural porte)

1. gate
2. door
3. (computing) port

Related terms

Etymology 2

Inflected form of portare.

Verb

porta

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

Derived terms

• porta-

Anagrams

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

Ladin

Verb

porta

1. third-person singular present indicative of porter
2. third-person plural present indicative of porter
3. second-person singular imperative of porter

Latin

Porta Borsārī, Vērōnae

Etymology 1

From the Proto-Indo-European root *per- ‎(“to pass through”). Confer with portus, Ancient Greek πόρος ‎(póros, “means of passage”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ta/, [ˈpɔr.ta]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ta/

Noun

porta f ‎(genitive portae); first declension

1. gate, especially of a city
2. entrance, passage, door
3. (figuratively) way, means

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• portus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.taː/

Noun

portā

1. ablative singular of porta

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “porta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to go outside the gate: extra portam egredi
    
  • to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
    
  • to be on duty before the gates: stationes agere pro portis
    
  • to break down the gates: claustra portarum revellere
    
  • (ambiguous) to barricade the gates: portas obstruere (B. G. 5. 50)
    
  • (ambiguous) to break down the gates: portas refringere
    
• porta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• porta in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, 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

Etymology 2

Inflected form of portō ‎(“carry, bear”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.taː/

Verb

portā

1. singular present active imperative of portō

Latvian

Noun

porta m

1. genitive singular form of ports

Novial

Verb

porta ‎(past portad, active participle portant, passive participle portat)

1. to carry, to bring

Portuguese

Porta

Etymology

From Old Portuguese porta, from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔχ.tɐ/, /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹ.tɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔh.tɐ/, /ˈpɔ.ʈɐ/
• Hyphenation: por‧ta

Noun

porta f (plural portas)

1. door
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 180:

     Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!

     If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!

2. entrance
3. (by extension) gateway
4. (by extension) solution
5. (computing) port (connector of an electronic device)

Synonyms

• (entrance): entrada
• (solution): solução

Derived terms

• ao pé da porta
• à porta fechada
• porta do cavalo
• porta giratória

Verb

porta

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of portar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of portar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

porta f

1. entrance

Spanish

Verb

porta

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of portar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of portar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of portar.

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

Conjugation

See also

• portera