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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