portar
Portuguese, verb/poʁˈta(ʁ)/
portar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to bear; to carry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “certificar”.
What does portar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bear; to carry
- 2
to behave
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. certificar 2. atestar 3. aportar 4. haver-se
verb: 1. adaptar aplicativo criando uma versão funcional que rode em uma outra plataforma computacional através da modificação de seu código-fonte
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of portar
- porto first-person present singular
- portei first-person preterite singular
- portado participle past
- portares infinitive second-person singular
- portarmos first-person infinitive plural
- portardes infinitive plural second-person
- portarem infinitive plural third-person
- portando gerund
- portados masculine participle past
- portada feminine participle past
- portadas feminine participle past
- portas indicative present second-person
- porta indicative present singular
- portamos first-person indicative plural
- portais indicative plural present
- portam indicative plural present
- portava first-person imperfect indicative
- portavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portar?
- Brazil /poʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pohˈta(h)]
- /poɾˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to portar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is portar in Portuguese?
portar appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).