puerto

See also: Puerto

Asturian

Noun

puerto m (plural puertos)

1. (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

1. port; harbour

Ilocano

Etymology

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

puerto (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜁᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. port; harbour

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)^[1]

1. (countable, nautical) port (harbor; harbour)
2. (countable) shore
   • 1553, “Yrmeahu, XLVII”, in Yom Tob Atías, Abraham Usque, transl., Biblia de Ferrara‎, page 348:

     Como ſoſſegaràs y .A. encomendó à ella, à Askelon, y al puerto de la mar? alli la aparejó.

     How canst thou be quiet? For the Lord hath given it a charge; against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath He appointed it.

References

1. “puerto”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

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)

1. port (harbor)

Descendants

• Ladino: puerto, פואירטו
• Spanish: puerto
  • Chavacano: puerto
  • Ilocano: puerto

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]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾto
• Syllabification: puer‧to

Noun

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

Derived terms

• aeropuerto
• antepuerto
• El Puerto de Santa María
• helipuerto
• puerto de arribada
• puerto deportivo
• puerto fluvial
• puerto franco
• Puerto Rico
• puerto seco

-in Argentinian toponyms:

• Puerto Bermejo
• Puerto Curtiembre
• Puerto Deseado
• Puerto Esperanza
• Puerto Eva Perón
• Puerto General San Martín
• Puerto Iguazú
• Puerto Las Cuevas
• Puerto Leoni
• Puerto Libertad
• Puerto Madero
• Puerto Madryn
• Puerto Pirámides
• Puerto Piray
• Puerto Rico
• Puerto Ruiz
• Puerto San Julián
• Puerto Santa Cruz
• Puerto Tirol
• Puerto Vilelas
• Puerto Yeruá

-in Bolivian toponyms:

• Puerto Acosta
• Puerto Almacén
• Puerto Aroma
• Puerto Aurora
• Puerto Ballivián
• Puerto Evo Morales
• Puerto Gonzalo Moreno
• Puerto Heath
• Puerto Pailas
• Puerto Pérez
• Puerto Quijarro
• Puerto Rico
• Puerto Siles
• Puerto Suárez
• Puerto Villarroel

-in Chilean toponyms:

• Puerto Aguirre
• Puerto Aldea
• Puerto Aysén
• Puerto Bertrand
• Puerto Bonito
• Puerto Bories
• Puerto Carrasco
• Puerto Chacabuco
• Puerto Cisnes
• Puerto Claro
• Puerto Domínguez
• Puerto Edén
• Puerto Enco
• Puerto Fonck
• Puerto Fuy
• Puerto Gala
• Puerto Gaviota
• Puerto Guadal
• Puerto Harris
• Puerto Ibáñez
• Puerto Montt
• Puerto Murta
• Puerto Natales
• Puerto Navarino
• Puerto Octay
• Puerto Pirehueico
• Puerto Puyuhuapi
• Puerto Raúl Marín Balmaceda
• Puerto Río Tranquilo
• Puerto Saavedra
• Puerto Sánchez
• Puerto Toro
• Puerto Ulloa
• Puerto Varas
• Puerto Velero
• Puerto Viejo
• Puerto Williams
• Puerto Yartou

-in Colombian toponyms:

• Puerto Alegría
• Puerto Antioquia
• Puerto Araujo
• Puerto Arica
• Puerto Asís
• Puerto Bélgica
• Puerto Berrío
• Puerto Bogotá
• Puerto Boyacá
• Puerto Caicedo
• Puerto Carreño
• Puerto Claver
• Puerto Colombia
• Puerto Concordia
• Puerto Escondido
• Puerto Gaitán
• Puerto Garza
• Puerto Guzmán
• Puerto Leguízamo
• Puerto Libertador
• Puerto Lleras
• Puerto López
• Puerto Milán
• Puerto Mosquito
• Puerto Nare
• Puerto Nariño
• Puerto Nus
• Puerto Parra
• Puerto Perales
• Puerto Rico
• Puerto Rondón
• Puerto Salgar
• Puerto Santander
• Puerto Tejada
• Puerto Triana
• Puerto Triunfo
• Puerto Valdivia
• Puerto Venus
• Puerto Wilches

-in Ecuadorian toponyms:

• Puerto Bolívar
• Puerto Limón
• Puerto López
• Puerto Misahuallí
• Puerto Pechiche

-in Panamanian toponyms:

• El Puerto
• Puerto Armuelles
• Puerto Caimito
• Puerto Indio
• Puerto Obaldía
• Puerto Pilón
• Puerto Piña
• Puerto Vidal

-in Venezuelan toponyms:

• Puerto Ayacucho
• Puerto Cabello
• Puerto Cumarebo
• Puerto La Cruz
• Puerto Miranda
• Puerto Nuevo
• Puerto Nutrias
• Puerto Píritu
• Puerto Santo
• Puerto Vivas

Related terms

• portuario
• puerta

Further reading

• “puerto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10