puerto

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port

∗ noun

puerto
masculine noun
1 port (de mar)
  • llegar a puerto -> to come into port; to make it in the end (figurative)
  • puerto deportivo -> marina
  • puerto franco o libre -> free port
  • puerto pesquero -> fishing port
2 pass (de montaña)
  • subir/bajar un puerto -> to go up/down a mountain pass
3 port (computing)
  • puerto paralelo/serie -> parallel/serial port
4 haven (refugio)

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puerto [poo-err'-to]
noun
1 Port, harbor, haven for ships. (m)
  • Puerto habilitado -> a port of entry
  • Puerto franco -> free port
2 Pass, through mountains. (m)
3 Asylum, shelter, refuge (refugio). (m)
  • Llegar a puerto -> to solve a problem
4 Dam in a river. (Province; Provinicial) (m)

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puerto
sustantivo:masculino
1 (para embarcaciones) port; harbour; harbor; (EEUU)
entrar a tomar puertoo to enter (into) port
llegar a buen puerto to get over a difficulty; come through safely
puerto comercial trading port
puerto de contenedores container port
puerto de entrada port of entry
puerto de escala port of call
puerto de gran calado deep-water port
puerto de mar seaport
puerto de origen home port
puerto deportivo marina; yachting harbour
puerto franco puerto libre free port
puerto naval naval port; naval harbour
puerto pesquero fishing port
2 (also puerto de montaña) pass
3 (Informática) port
puerto de expansión expansion port
puerto de serie serial port
puerto (de transmisión en) paralelo parallel port
puerto (de transmisión en) serie puerto en serie serial port

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