portear
Spanish, verb/poɾteˈaɾ/
portear is spelled P-O-R-T-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish, the 208,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portear is a Spanish verb meaning “to carry; lug; haul” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llevar una mercancía de un sitio a otro a cambio de dinero”.
What does portear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to carry; lug; haul
- 2
to slam or bang (on a door)
- 3
to port (an app)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llevar una mercancía de un sitio a otro a cambio de dinero. 2. Referido en especial a un ave de paso, ir de un lugar a otro.
verb: 1. Compilar un programa para un sistema operativo distinto de aquel para el que fue inicialmente diseñado.
verb: 1. Dicho de las puertas o ventanas: golpear contra el marco.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of portear
- porteo first-person present singular
- porteé first-person preterite singular
- porteado participle past
- porteando gerund
- porteada feminine participle past
- porteados masculine participle past
- porteadas feminine participle past
- porteas indicative informal present
- porteás indicative informal present
- portea indicative present singular
- porteamos first-person indicative plural
- porteáis indicative plural present
- portean indicative plural present
- porteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- porteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- porteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- porteabais imperfect indicative plural
- porteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portear?
- /poɾteˈaɾ/
- [poɾ.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [poɾt̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is portear in Spanish?
portear appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).