portero
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- doorman, porter, gatekeeper a person who holds open the door at the entrance to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security, in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services
- bouncer, chucker-out a member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble
- (sports) goalkeeper
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish portero inherited from Latin portārius, porta (gate, door, entrance, passage, a gate) suffix from Spanish, Castilian puerta.
Origin
Spanish
puerta
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- porta English
- *portaticum Latin
- porta Latin
- portalis Latin
- portarius Latin
- porticus Latin
- portārius Latin
- regia Latin
- Portal German
- porta Hungarian
- porta Italian
- portaal Dutch, Flemish
- abrepuertas Spanish, Castilian
- antepuerta Spanish, Castilian
- portazo Spanish, Castilian
- puerta Spanish, Castilian
- puertazo Spanish, Castilian
- sobrepuerta Spanish, Castilian
- sujetapuertas Spanish, Castilian
- πόρος Ancient Greek
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- port Old English
- port Old Norse
- porte Old French
- portier Old French
- porter Catalan, Valencian
- port Icelandic
- Portela Galician
- poartă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- portar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pwerta Cebuano
- porta Indonesian
- pforta Old High German
- phorta Old High German
- Paart Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Portal Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- portë Albanian
- portier Middle French
- porta Old Dutch
- porta Old Portuguese
- porteiro Old Portuguese
- poartã Aromanian
- purtar Aromanian
- puarte Friulian
- porta Old Occitan
- portero Old Spanish
- puerta Old Spanish
- pòrta Ligurian
- πόρτα gkm
- puarta Dalmatian
- pote Bourguignon
- puorta Istriot
- puorta Mirandese
- puerta Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
- puéeta Mayo
- pulta Jakaltek
- puerta Old Leonese
- pueerta Cora