puerto

puerto m (plural puertos)

1. (Ayer, Ḷḷena, Riosa, Los Argüeyos, Villacidayo) Alternative form of puertu

Inherited from Spanish puerto, from Old Spanish puerto, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpweɾto/, [ˈpweɾ.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: puer‧to

puerto

1. port; harbour

Spanish puerto, from Old Spanish puerto, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpweɾto/, [ˈpweɾ.to]
• Hyphenation: puer‧to

puerto (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜁᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. port; harbour

Inherited from Old Spanish puerto, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpweɾto/ [ˈpweɾ.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eɾto
• Syllabification: puer‧to

puerto m (plural puertos)

1. port, harbour
2. Ellipsis of puerto de montaña.; mountain pass

   Synonym: collado

   • 2017, “Etapa 17 Villadiego / Los Machucos. Monumento Vaca Pasiega”, in La Vuelta‎:

     La espectacular bajada de La Lunada, que empalmará con el puerto de Alisas.

     The spectacular descent from La Lunada, that will lead straight onto the Alisas mountain pass.

3. (computing) port

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• “puerto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014