Pôrto

American

[pawr-too] / ˈpɔr tʊ /

noun

Portuguese name of Oporto.

Porto British

/ ˈportu /

noun

the Portuguese name for Oporto

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If the transfer is finalised, it would be Bournemouth's joint-second biggest transfer behind only the £32m move to sign fellow striker Evanilson from Porto in 2024.

From BBC

Roma have won the Conference League and reached the Europa League final in recent years but last featured in Europe's elite club competition in the 2018/19 season when they were eliminated by Porto in the last 16.

From Barron's

"I have spoken with Ajax, Feyenoord, Porto, Rangers and Celtic. They are interested," former PSV chairman Harry van Raaij told BBC Radio 5 Live in 2000.

From BBC

Chelsea then started a renaissance of their own under 'The Special One' Jose Mourinho, who arrived from Porto in 2004 as a Champions League winner, immediately ending a wait for a title stretching back to 1955.

From BBC

Benfica travel to Porto in the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup on Wednesday.

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