puerto
Spanish, noun/ˈpweɾto/
puerto is spelled P-U-E-R-T-O (6 letters) and appears 115 times per million words in written Spanish, the 765th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puerto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “port, harbour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar abrigado de la costa que permite que los barcos acosten con seguridad y puedan proceder a labores de…”.
What does puerto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineport, harbour
- 2
masculineellipsis of puerto de montaña; mountain pass
- 3
masculineport
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lugar abrigado de la costa que permite que los barcos acosten con seguridad y puedan proceder a labores de carga y descarga. 2. Localidad costera habilitada para las labores de carga y descarga de todo tipo de embarcaciones. 3. Paso cordillerano entre montañas. 4. Cordillera, sierra o relieve montañoso que tiene uno o más pasos.
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 puerto
- puertos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puerto?
- /ˈpweɾto/
- [ˈpweɾ.t̪o]
- [ˈpweɾt̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puerto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puerto in Spanish?
puerto appears 115 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).