English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian portato, past participle of portare (to bring, carry, bear), from Latin portō.

Adverb

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portato

  1. (music) In an unconnected manner, as opposed to legato, but not as short as staccato.

Noun

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portato (plural portatos or portati)

  1. (music) A mark in music notation indicating this style of playing.
  2. (music) A passage having this mark.

Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Noun

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portato (accusative singular portaton, plural portatoj, accusative plural portatojn)

  1. singular present nominal passive participle of porti

Italian

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Adjective

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portato (feminine portata, masculine plural portati, feminine plural portate)

  1. second-hand, used
    una maglietta portataa hand-me-down shirt
  2. (with per or a) prone, given, inclined, that has a bent (to)
    portato per l'arteartistically talented (lit. inclined to art)
    portato all'indulgenzagiven to indulgence

Noun

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portato m (plural portati)

  1. result, outcome

Participle

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portato (feminine portata, masculine plural portati, feminine plural portate)

  1. past participle of portare

Derived terms

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Latin

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Verb

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portātō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of portō