portento
Italian
Etymology
From Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /porˈtɛn.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛnto
- Hyphenation: por‧tèn‧to
Noun
portento m (plural portenti)
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
portentō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of portentus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”). Compare English portend, portent with similar meaning.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poʁˈtẽ.tu/ [pohˈtẽ.tu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /poɾˈtẽ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /poʁˈtẽ.tu/ [poχˈtẽ.tu]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /poɻˈtẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poʁˈtẽ.to/ [pohˈtẽ.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾˈtẽ.tu/
- Hyphenation: por‧ten‧to
Noun
portento m (plural portentos)
Further reading
- “portento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “portento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾˈtento/ [poɾˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: por‧ten‧to
Noun
portento m (plural portentos)
- wonder, marvel
- something wonderful or amazing
- a sight to behold
Derived terms
Further reading
- “portento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025