Pôrto
noun
Portuguese name of Oporto.
Pôrto
American
[pawr-too]
/ ˈpɔr tʊ /
noun
Porto
British
/ ˈportu /
noun
Example Sentences
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“Affection in the Streets,” for instance, a Brazilian documentary by Thiago Köche, captures the lives of Pôrto Alegre’s homeless, who often take better care of their dogs than themselves.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021
Only a couple of Argentina’s giants have anything like the revenues of the powerhouses from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Pôrto Alegre and Belo Horizonte.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2021
Mr. de Azambuja, who was born in Pôrto Alegre, Brazil, and works in Madrid, uses industrial steel clamps and construction materials in their raw form to build sculptures evocative of Brutalist architecture.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2018
In 2012, two handfuls of grass sprigs were shipped down from Texas to an off-site turf farm in Pôrto Alegre, Brazil, where it was grown and tended by Marcelo Matte of Green Grass Brasil.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2016
Ms. Beloti and other therapists test aspects of this philosophy at a compound in a sprawling prison complex in Pôrto Velho.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2015
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