comportar

Verb

comportar (first-person singular indicative present comporto, past participle comportáu)

1. to act, behave

Verb

comportar (first-person singular present comporto, past participle comportat)

1. to support, sustain
2. To put up with
3. to spell
4. to behave, act

Etymology

From Latin comportāre.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.poʁ.ˈta(ʁ)/

Verb

comportar (first-person singular present indicative comporto, past participle comportado)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to behave (to act in a polite or proper way)

   Expulsaram seu filho da escola porque ele nunca se comporta.

   They expelled her son from school because he never behaves.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with como or intransitive with an adverb) to behave (as) (to act in the specified manner)

   De fato, ele se comportava muito mal.

   Indeed, he was behaving very badly.

   Se queres vencer, deves te comportar como campeão.

   If you want to win, you must behave as a champion.

3. (transitive) to take up to; to bear; to admit (to have as its capacity)

   Comprei uma balde que comporta cinco litros de água.

   I bought a bucket that takes up to five litres of water.

4. (transitive) to contain (to have inside or within itself)
5. (transitive) to stand; to tolerate; to bear

Etymology

From Latin comportāre.

Verb

comportar (first-person singular present comporto, first-person singular preterite comporté, past participle comportado)

1. to tolerate
2. (Latin America) to entail