portar

See also: pórtar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin portāre (“bring, carry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poɾˈtaɾ/ [poɾˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: por‧tar

Verb

portar (first-person singular indicative present porto, past participle portáu)

(reflexive) to act (to behave in a certain way)

Conjugation

Conjugation of portar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		portar
gerund		portando
past participle		m portáu, f portada, n portao, m pl portaos, f pl portaes
indicative	present	porto	portes	porta	portamos	portáis	porten
	imperfect	portaba	portabes	portaba	portábemos, portábamos	portabeis, portabais	portaben
	preterite	porté	portasti, portesti	portó	portemos	portastis, portestis	portaron
	pluperfect	portare, portara	portares, portaras	portare, portara	portáremos, portáramos	portareis, portarais	portaren, portaran
	future	portaré	portarás	portará	portaremos	portaréis	portarán
	conditional	portaría	portaríes	portaría	portaríemos, portaríamos	portaríeis, portaríais	portaríen
subjunctive	present	porte	portes, portas	porte	portemos	portéis	porten, portan
subjunctive	imperfect	portare, portara	portares, portaras	portare, portara	portáremos, portáramos	portareis, portarais	portaren, portaran
imperative		—	porta	—	—	portái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan portar, from Latin portāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“go, traverse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [purˈta]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [porˈta]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poɾˈtaɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Verb

portar (first-person singular present porto, first-person singular preterite portí, past participle portat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

to carry
Porta les maletes. ― He carries the suitcase.
to bring
Porta un entrepà per a tu! ― Bring a sandwich with you!
to wear
Porto una samarreta blava. ― I wear a blue T-shirt.
(reflexive) to behave, to act
Synonyms: comportar-se, captenir-se

Porta't bé! ― Behave yourself!
to have been doing something for some period of time [with gerund]
Porto dos anys vivint a Barcelona. ― I've been living in Barcelona for two years.

Conjugation

Central Catalan conjugation of portar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			portar
gerund			portant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		portat		portada
		plural		portats		portades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	porto	portes	porta	portem	porteu	porten
	imperfect	portava	portaves	portava	portàvem	portàveu	portaven
	future	portaré	portaràs	portarà	portarem	portareu	portaran
	preterite	portí	portares	portà	portàrem	portàreu	portaren
	conditional	portaria	portaries	portaria	portaríem	portaríeu	portarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	porti	portis	porti	portem	porteu	portin
	imperfect	portés	portessis	portés	portéssim	portéssiu	portessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	porta	porti	portem	porteu	portin
	negative (no)	—	no portis	no porti	no portem	no porteu	no portin

Derived terms

Related terms

References

“portar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“portar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“portar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “portar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin portare.

Verb

portar (ORB, broad)

to carry

References

porter in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
portar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂

Proto-Italic *portā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *portāō

Latin portāre

Old Galician-Portuguese portar

Galician portar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese portar, from Latin portāre (“bring, carry”).

Verb

portar (first-person singular present porto, first-person singular preterite portei, past participle portado)

to carry, bear

Conjugation

Conjugation of portar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	portar
Personal	portar	portares	portar	portarmos	portardes	portaren
Gerund
	portando
Past participle
Masculine	portado			portados
Feminine	portada			portadas
Indicative
Present	porto	portas	porta	portamos	portades	portan
Imperfect	portaba	portabas	portaba	portabamos	portabades	portaban
Preterite	portei	portaches	portou	portamos	portastes	portaron
Pluperfect	portara	portaras	portara	portaramos	portarades	portaran
Future	portarei	portarás	portará	portaremos	portaredes	portarán
Conditional	portaría	portarías	portaría	portariamos	portariades	portarían
Subjunctive
Present	porte	portes	porte	portemos	portedes	porten
Imperfect	portase	portases	portase	portásemos	portásedes	portasen
Future	portar	portares	portar	portarmos	portardes	portaren
Imperative
Affirmative		porta	porte	portemos	portade	porten
Negative (non)		non portes	non porte	non portemos	non portedes	non porten

Reintegrated conjugation of portar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	portar
Personal	portar	portares	portar	portarmos	portardes	portarem
Gerund
	portando
Past participle
Masculine	portado			portados
Feminine	portada			portadas
Indicative
Present	porto	portas	porta	portamos	portades, portais	portam
Imperfect	portava	portavas	portava	portávamos	portávades, portáveis, portávais¹	portavam
Preterite	portei	portaste, portache¹	portou	portamos	portastes	portárom, portaram
Pluperfect	portara	portaras	portara	portáramos	portárades, portáreis, portárais¹	portaram
Future	portarei	portarás	portará	portaremos	portaredes, portareis	portarám, portarão
Conditional	portaria	portarias	portaria	portaríamos	portaríades, portaríeis, portaríais¹	portariam
Subjunctive
Present	porte	portes	porte	portemos	portedes, porteis	portem
Imperfect	portasse	portasses	portasse	portássemos	portássedes, portásseis	portassem
Future	portar	portares	portar	portarmos	portardes	portarem
Imperative
Affirmative		porta	porte	portemos	portade, portai	portem
Negative (nom)		nom portes	nom porte	nom portemos	nom portedes, nom porteis	nom portem

¹Less recommended.

Ido

Etymology

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Verb

portar (present tense portas, past tense portis, future tense portos, imperative portez, conditional portus)

to carry

Conjugation

Conjugation of portar
		present	past	future
infinitive		portar	portir	portor
tense		portas	portis	portos
conditional		portus	—	—
imperative		portez	—	—
adjective active participle		portanta	portinta	portonta
adverbial active participle		portante	portinte	portonte
nominal active participle	singular	portanto	portinto	portonto
nominal active participle	plural	portanti	portinti	portonti
adjective passive participle		portata	portita	portota
adverbial passive participle		portate	portite	portote
nominal passive participle	singular	portato	portito	portoto
nominal passive participle	plural	portati	portiti	portoti

Derived terms

adportar

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /porˈtar/
Rhymes: -ar
Hyphenation: por‧tàr

Verb

portar (apocopated)

apocopic form of portare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

portar m

indefinite plural of port

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan portar, from Latin portāre (“bring, carry”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Béarn): (file)

Verb

portar

to carry
to bring
to wear

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

emportar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese portar, from Latin portāre (“to bring, to carry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“go, traverse”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [pohˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [poχˈta(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /poɻˈta(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈta.ɾi/

Hyphenation: por‧tar

Verb

portar (first-person singular present porto, first-person singular preterite portei, past participle portado)

to bear; to carry
(reflexive) to behave
Synonym: comportar

Conjugation

Conjugation of portar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	portar
Personal	portar	portares	portar	portarmos	portardes	portarem
Gerund
	portando
Past participle
Masculine	portado			portados
Feminine	portada			portadas
Indicative
Present	porto	portas	porta	portamos	portais	portam
Imperfect	portava	portavas	portava	portávamos	portáveis	portavam
Preterite	portei	portaste	portou	portamos¹, portámos²	portastes	portaram
Pluperfect	portara	portaras	portara	portáramos	portáreis	portaram
Future	portarei	portarás	portará	portaremos	portareis	portarão
Conditional	portaria	portarias	portaria	portaríamos	portaríeis	portariam
Subjunctive
Present	porte	portes	porte	portemos	porteis	portem
Imperfect	portasse	portasses	portasse	portássemos	portásseis	portassem
Future	portar	portares	portar	portarmos	portardes	portarem
Imperative
Affirmative		porta	porte	portemos	portai	portem
Negative (não)		não portes	não porte	não portemos	não porteis	não portem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

From poartă +‎ -ar, or possibly from Late Latin portārius, from Latin porta. Compare Aromanian purtar.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

portar m (plural portari)

gatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman, porter, door-guard
(sports) goalkeeper, goalie

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	portar	portarul	portari	portarii
genitive-dative	portar	portarului	portari	portarilor
vocative	portarule		portarilor

Derived terms

portăreasă

Related terms

poartă

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish portar, a foreign word borrowed in various times from Latin portāre (“bring, carry”) and from cognates in Romance languages such as Catalan portar, French porter, Italian portare;^[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“go, traverse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poɾˈtaɾ/ [poɾˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: por‧tar

Verb

portar (first-person singular present porto, first-person singular preterite porté, past participle portado)

(transitive) to bear, to carry
Synonyms: llevar, traer

Portaba una maleta.
He was carrying a suitcase.

Portaba armas.
She was bearing arms.
(transitive) to wear (clothes)
Aunque se había mudado a la Ciudad de Guatemala desde su pueblo indígena, ella sigue portando su vestimenta tradicional.
Although she had moved to Guatemala City from her indigenous town, she still wears her traditional dress.
(reflexive) to behave, to be good
Synonyms: actuar, comportar, obrar

Pórtate bien en la escuela.
Behave in school.

Usage notes

For the first two senses, a somewhat more formal verb. Everyday usage would usually employ llevar, traer, or vestir (for the sense of "to wear").

Conjugation

Conjugation of portar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			portar
gerund			portando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		portado		portada
		plural		portados		portadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	porto	portas^{^tú} portás^{^vos}	porta	portamos	portáis	portan
	imperfect	portaba	portabas	portaba	portábamos	portabais	portaban
	preterite	porté	portaste	portó	portamos	portasteis	portaron
	future	portaré	portarás	portará	portaremos	portaréis	portarán
	conditional	portaría	portarías	portaría	portaríamos	portaríais	portarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	porte	portes^{^tú} portés^{^vos²}	porte	portemos	portéis	porten
	imperfect (ra)	portara	portaras	portara	portáramos	portarais	portaran
	imperfect (se)	portase	portases	portase	portásemos	portaseis	portasen
	future¹	portare	portares	portare	portáremos	portareis	portaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		porta^{^tú} portá^{^vos}	porte	portemos	portad	porten
	negative		no portes	no porte	no portemos	no portéis	no porten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of portar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive portar	dative	portarme	portarte	portarle, portarse	portarnos	portaros	portarles, portarse
with infinitive portar	accusative	portarme	portarte	portarlo, portarla, portarse	portarnos	portaros	portarlos, portarlas, portarse

with gerund portando	dative	portándome	portándote	portándole, portándose	portándonos	portándoos	portándoles, portándose
with gerund portando	accusative	portándome	portándote	portándolo, portándola, portándose	portándonos	portándoos	portándolos, portándolas, portándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative porta	dative	pórtame	pórtate	pórtale	pórtanos	not used	pórtales
	accusative	pórtame	pórtate	pórtalo, pórtala	pórtanos	not used	pórtalos, pórtalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative portá	dative	portame	portate	portale	portanos	not used	portales
	accusative	portame	portate	portalo, portala	portanos	not used	portalos, portalas

with formal second-person singular imperative porte	dative	pórteme	not used	pórtele, pórtese	pórtenos	not used	pórteles
with formal second-person singular imperative porte	accusative	pórteme	not used	pórtelo, pórtela, pórtese	pórtenos	not used	pórtelos, pórtelas

with first-person plural imperative portemos	dative	not used	portémoste	portémosle	portémonos	portémoos	portémosles
with first-person plural imperative portemos	accusative	not used	portémoste	portémoslo, portémosla	portémonos	portémoos	portémoslos, portémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative portad	dative	portadme	not used	portadle	portadnos	portaos	portadles
with informal second-person plural imperative portad	accusative	portadme	not used	portadlo, portadla	portadnos	portaos	portadlos, portadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative porten	dative	pórtenme	not used	pórtenle	pórtennos	not used	pórtenles, pórtense
with formal second-person plural imperative porten	accusative	pórtenme	not used	pórtenlo, pórtenla	pórtennos	not used	pórtenlos, pórtenlas, pórtense

Derived terms

Related terms

References

^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “portar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Swedish

Noun

portar

indefinite plural of port

Verb

portar

present indicative of porta

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin portāre. Compare Italian portare.

Verb

portar

(transitive) to carry; to bring

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of portar (first conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	portar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		portando
past participle		portà
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	porto	(te) porti	(el/ła) porta	portémo, portòn	porté	(i/łe) porta
imperfect	portava	(te) portavi	(el/ła) portava	portàvimo	portavi	(i/łe) portava
future	portarò	(te) portarè	(el/ła) portarà	portarémo	portarè	(i/łe) portarà
conditional	portarìa	(te) portarisi	(el/ła) portarìa	portarìsimo	portarisi	(i/łe) portarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	porte, porta	(te) porti	(el/ła) porte, (el/ła) porta	portémo, portone	porté	(i/łe) porte, (i/łe) porta
imperfect	portase	(te) portasi	(el/ła) portase	portàsimo	portasi	(i/łe) portase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
imperative	—	(te) porta	(el/ła) porta, (el/ła) porte	portémo	porté	(i/łe) porta, (i/łe) porte

[1] Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “portar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Asturian

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Catalan

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Franco-Provençal

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Galician

Etymology

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Ido

Etymology

Verb

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Italian

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Occitan

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Portuguese

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Romanian

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

Derived terms

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Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Conjugation

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Related terms

References

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

Verb

Venetan

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