puerto

== Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/ [ˈpweɾ.t̪o] Rhymes: -eɾto Syllabification: puer‧to === Noun === puerto m (plural puertos) (Ayer, Ḷḷena, Riosa, Los Argüeyos, Villacidayo) alternative form of puertu == Chavacano == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/, [ˈpweɾ.t̪o] Hyphenation: puer‧to === Noun === puerto port; harbour == Ilocano == === Etymology === Borrowed 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/ [ˈpweɾ.to] Hyphenation: puer‧to === Noun === puérto (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜁᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ) port harbour Synonym: sangladan == Ladino == === Alternative forms === porto === Etymology === 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”). === Noun === puerto m (Hebrew spelling פואירטו) (countable, nautical) port (harbor; harbour) (countable) shore === References === == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”). Cognate with Old French port, Old Galician-Portuguese porto. === Noun === puerto m (plural puertos) port (harbor) ==== Descendants ==== Ladino: puerto, porto, פואירטו Spanish: puerto (see there for further descendants) === References === Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “puerto”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 415 == Spanish == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpweɾto/ [ˈpweɾ.t̪o] Rhymes: -eɾto Syllabification: puer‧to === Noun === puerto m (plural puertos) port, harbour ellipsis of puerto de montaña; mountain pass Synonym: collado (computing) port ==== Derived terms ==== -in Argentinian toponyms: -in Bolivian toponyms: -in Chilean toponyms: -in Colombian toponyms: -in Ecuadorian toponyms: -in Panamanian toponyms: -in Venezuelan toponyms: ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Chavacano: puerto → Central Bikol: pwerto, puwerto → Ilocano: puerto → Tagalog: pwerto, puwerto === Further reading === “puerto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025