Polyglot Dictionary

porta-retrato

/pɔɾtɐxeˈtɾatu/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os porta-retratos

Meaning

  1. photo frame

    Built from porta (carries (from portar)) + retrato (portrait).

    • Coloquei a foto no porta-retrato.

      I put the photo in a frame.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • porta carries (from portar)
  • retrato portrait

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

portarretratos

portarretratos is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "photo frame."

French

cadre photo

cadre photo is the French word for the same thing — both mean "photo frame."

Practice

1 What does porta-retrato mean?

2 Fill the gap: Coloquei a foto no porta-___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches porta-retrato?

nouncompound

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