porta
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of porta
C14: from Latin: gate, entrance
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, school-age children kicked a soccer ball there next to dozens of full trash bags, four porta potties and a handwashing station that had run out of water.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Los científicos están particularmente preocupados por esta variante debido a la cantidad de mutaciones que porta.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2023
Afterward, I crossed a small dusty road lined with porta johns to arrive at the operations center.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021
It’s two decades since Johnny Knoxville emerged from an upturned porta potty covered in excrement in the very first episode of Jackass.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2020
“But that’s inside our house. The outside one’s for bodily waste, full of quaternary ammonium compound chemicals. You know, like that stinky blue soup at the bottom of a porta potty.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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