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portar

/poɾˈtaɾ/

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verb/poɾˈtaɾ/

to bear, to carry; to wear (clothes); to behave, to be good

Portaba una maleta.He was carrying a suitcase.

Synonyms: llevar, traer, actuar, comportar, obrar

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”).