portar

See also: pórtar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin portāre (“bring, carry”).

Verb

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

1. to act (to behave in a certain way)

Conjugation

Conjugation of portar

infinitive		portar
gerund		portando
past participle		m portáu, f portada, n portao, m pl portaos, f pl portaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
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
	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): (Central) [purˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [porˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poɾˈtaɾ]

Verb

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

1. to carry

   Porta les maletes.

   He carries the suitcase.

2. to bring

   Porta un entrepà per a tu!

   Bring a sandwich with you!

3. to wear

   Porto una samarreta blava.

   I wear a blue T-shirt.

4. (reflexive) to behave, to act

   Synonyms: comportar-se, captenir-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of portar (first conjugation)

infinitive			portar
gerund			portant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		portat		portada
		plural		portats		portades
person		singular			plural
		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

• emportar-se
• portejador

References

• “portar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “portar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “portar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “portar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin portare

Verb

portar (ORB, broad)

1. to carry

References

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

Galician

Etymology

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)

1. 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.

Further reading

• “portar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “portar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Ido

Etymology

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Verb

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

1. 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
	plural	portanti		portinti		portonti
adjective passive participle		portata		portita		portota
adverbial passive participle		portate		portite		portote
nominal passive participle	singular	portato		portito		portoto
	plural	portati		portiti		portoti

Derived terms

• adportar

Italian

Verb

portar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of portare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

portar m

1. indefinite plural of port

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

portar

1. to carry
2. to bring
3. 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)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈtaɾ/

• (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)

1. to bear; to carry
2. (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

• porta-aviões
• porta-bagagens
• porta-bandeira
• porta-beatas
• porta-bebés
• porta-cabos
• porta-cadeia
• porta-cartas
• porta-cartões
• porta-cáustico
• porta-chapéus
• porta-chaves
• porta-clavina
• porta-copos
• porta-emendas
• porta-enxerto
• porta-escovas
• porta-espada
• porta-estandarte
• porta-fraldas
• porta-frasco
• porta-guardanapos
• porta-guião
• porta-helicópteros
• porta-joias
• porta-laços
• porta-lâmpadas
• porta-lanterna
• porta-lápis
• porta-livros
• porta-luvas
• porta-maça
• porta-machado
• porta-malas
• porta-manta
• porta-marmita
• porta-mechas
• porta-minas
• porta-mira
• porta-mitra
• porta-moedas
• porta-níqueis
• porta-novas
• porta-objeto
• porta-página
• porta-paletes
• porta-paz
• porta-penas
• porta-pneumático
• porta-rede
• porta-relógio
• porta-retratos
• porta-revistas
• porta-roda
• porta-rolos
• porta-saco
• porta-seios
• porta-serra
• porta-sonda
• porta-talas
• porta-toalhas
• porta-válvula
• porta-velas
• porta-voz

Related terms

• portador
• portável

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)

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

Declension

Declension of portar

	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

See also

• ușier

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; 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)

1. to bear, to carry

   Synonyms: llevar, traer

   Portaba una maleta.

   He was carrying a suitcase.

   Portaba armas.

   She was bearing arms.

2. (reflexive) to behave, to be good

   Synonyms: actuar, comportar, obrar

   Pórtate bien en la escuela.

   Behave in school.

Usage notes

• (to bear; to carry): A somewhat more formal verb. Everyday usage would usually employ llevar or traer.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of portar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			portar
gerund			portando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		portado		portada
		plural		portados		portadas
		singular			plural
		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	portastú portásvos	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	portestú portésvos2	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		portatú portávos	porte	portemos	portad	porten
	negative		no portes	no porte	no portemos	no portéis	no porten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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
	accusative	portarme	portarte	portarlo, portarla, portarse	portarnos	portaros	portarlos, portarlas, portarse
with gerund portando	dative	portándome	portándote	portándole, portándose	portándonos	portándoos	portándoles, portándose
	accusative	portándome	portándote	portándolo, portándola, portándose	portándonos	portándoos	portándolos, portándolas, portándose
with informal second-person singular tú 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 vos 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
	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
	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
	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
	accusative	pórtenme	not used	pórtenlo, pórtenla	pórtennos	not used	pórtenlos, pórtenlas, pórtense

Derived terms

• portaaeronaves
• portaaviones
• portabebés
• portacerrojo
• portacintas
• portacontenedores
• portadiscos
• portahelicópteros
• portaherramientas
• portahidroaviones
• portaminas
• portamonedas
• portapapeles
• portarse bien
• portatrajes
• portatropas
• portavasos
• portavelas
• portaviandas
• portavoz

Related terms

• portable
• portador
• portátil

Further reading

• “portar”, 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

Swedish

Noun

portar

1. indefinite plural of port

Verb

portar

1. present indicative of porta

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin portāre. Compare Italian portare.

Verb

portar

1. (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)

infinitive	portar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		portando
past participle		portà
person	singular			plural
	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
	—	(te) porta	(el/ła) porta, (el/ła) porte	portémo	porté	(i/łe) porta, (i/łe) porte