comportar

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

1. to act, behave

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.poɾˈta/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum.purˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.poɾˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

From Latin comportāre.

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

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 nunca se comporta. ― They expelled their 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)

   Synonym: conter

5. (transitive) to stand; to tolerate; to bear

   Synonyms: aguentar, suportar

From Latin comportāre.

• IPA^(key): /komporˈtaɾ/, [kõmporˈt̪aɾ]

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

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