Pôrto
noun
Portuguese name of Oporto.
Pôrto
American
[pawr-too]
/ ˈpɔr tʊ /
noun
Porto
British
/ ˈportu /
noun
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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
The difference, this time, was that Zanotta was taking those calls not in São Paulo or Pôrto Alegre, but Dallas.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 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
Very Jose at Porto, without saying he's the Special One.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
American Airlines this week announced seven new international routes, including nonstop flights to Vienna and Porto, Portugal, from its Philadelphia hub.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Following a successful loan spell at Valencia, he joined Porto on a permanent basis at the age of 21 before earning a move to Manchester City.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Most of the destruction from the fire, which broke out Friday, was in villages on the Gulf of Corinth including Porto Germeno, where scores of homes are thought to have been destroyed or damaged.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Ah, Porto Reeco, yes, ees hot,” he said.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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