puerta

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • door portal of entry into a building
  • gate doorlike structure outside a house
  • gate passageway in an airport
  • doorway, doorstep, gateway
  • (sports) goal area into which players attempt to put an object

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puerta inherited from Latin porta (gate, door, entrance, passage, a gate).

Origin

Latin

porta

Gloss

gate, door, entrance, passage, a gate

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

戸, 扉

Emoji

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