Masculine
puerto
- (masculine) port, harbour
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of puerto de montaña; mountain pass
- (masculine) port
Frequency
Hyphenated as
puer‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpweɾto/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
Related words
puerto de mar
puerto de montaña
puerto marítimo
gripsack
portmanteau
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