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porto

/pˈɔɹtoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
por-to
IPA
/pˈɔɹtoʊ/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An apéritif made from port.

noun

Synonym of port.

name

A city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal.

name

A district in northern Portugal.

noun

A port wine.

noun

A generic port wine; a wine of the style of Porto.

noun

Fortified wine.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Porto. * (wine): the name of the city whence it was exported.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

portos (plural) Oporto (alternative) O Porto (alternative) Port (alternative) Oporto wine (alternative) O Porto wine (alternative) Porto wine (alternative) Port wine (alternative)

Derived Forms

port porto

Phrases

Porto flip

Synonyms

port. porto français

Rhymes With

quarto

Questions

How do you pronounce porto?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɔɹtoʊ/.
What does porto mean?
An apéritif made from port.
Where does porto come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

How to pronounce porto

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