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portar

/poɾˈtaɾ/ verb B2
  1. to bear, to carry (transitive) · Portaba una maleta. He was carrying a suitcase.· Portaba armas. She was bearing arms.
  2. to wear (clothes) (transitive) · Aunque se había mudado a la Ciudad de Guatemala desde su pueblo indígena, ella sigue portando su vestimenta tradicional. Although she had moved to Guatemala City from her indigenous town, she still wears her traditional dress.
  3. to behave, to be good (reflexive) · Pórtate bien en la escuela. Behave in school.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
portar
Gerund
portando
Past participle
portado
Present (yo)
porto
Preterite (yo)
porté

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Aludo a la cámara obscura, mal llamada de Porta, toda vez que su verdadero descubridor fué Leonardo de Vinci.
Recuerdos de mi vida: Mi infancia y juventud, p. 54 · C1
en tu porte, ni guerrero,
Páginas escogidas, p. 24 · C1
El portón, una de esas portadas deformes de la colonia, daba a la calle de Bolívar, donde hoy se encuentra la entrada principal del Colegio.
Juvenilia, p. 21 · C1
—Su mercé, respondió el Soldadillo, tal vez haya oído hablar de su servidor, porque yo he peleado en todas las batallas que ha dado Su Sacarreal Majestad el Rey su padre, y siempre me porté con valor y nunca volví la espalda al enemigo.
Cuentos populares en Chile, p. 1 · C1

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