la loro casa è un porto di mare

un porto riparato — a sheltered harbo(u)r

questa casa è un porto di mare — people are always coming and going in this house

franco di porto — carriage free

porto d'armi — gun licence Brit o license Am

porto marittimo, di mare — seaport, maritime port

porto fluviale — river port

entrare in porto — to come into port

porto franco — free port

porto d'imbarco — port of embarkation

porto militare — naval base

porto di sbarco — port of entry

porto di scalo — port of call

porto di scarico — port of despatch

porto turistico — marina

questa casa è un porto di mare — this house is like a train station

franco di porto — post-free, carriage (pre)paid

avere il porto d'armi — to be licensed to carry a gun

portava il pacco sottobraccio — he was carrying the parcel under his arm

questa macchina porta 4 persone — this car can carry 4 people

puoi portarmi la valigia? — can you carry my case for me?

si porta dietro un sacco di roba — he carries masses of stuff round with him

schedare questi documenti porta via molto tempo — filing these documents takes (up) a lot of time

porta bene i suoi anni — he's wearing well, he doesn't look his age

ognuno ha la propria croce da portare — we all have our cross to bear

(consegnare, recare) portare qc (a qn) — to take (o bring) sth (to sb)

portami un bicchiere! — bring me a glass!

portalo qui — bring it here

porta questa lettera a Lucia — take this letter to Lucia

il suo intervento ha portato dei vantaggi — his intervention has brought certain advantages

portare fortuna/sfortuna a qn — to bring (good) luck/bad luck to sb

dove porta questa strada? — where does this road lead?, where does this road take you?

portare i bambini a spasso — to take the children for a walk

sta portando i bambini a scuola — she's taking the children to school

il vento ci sta portando al largo — the wind is carrying us out to sea

dove ti porterà tutto questo? — where will all this lead you?

portare qn alla disperazione — to drive sb to despair

stiamo portando avanti il discorso sul disarmo — we are pursuing the topic of disarmament

portava un bel vestito — she was wearing a beautiful dress

non porto più queste scarpe — I don't wear these shoes any more

porta i capelli lunghi — he wears his hair long, he has long hair

porta il nome di suo nonno — he is called after his grandfather

Firenze porta ancora i segni dell'alluvione — Florence still bears the signs of the flood

non gli porto rancore — I don't bear him a grudge

la polizia si è portata sul luogo del disastro — the police went to the scene of the disaster

portami quella sedia — bring me that chair

ci ha portato dei regali dal suo viaggio — he brought us back presents from his trip

portami qualcosa da bere — get me something to drink

te ne porto un altro — I'll fetch you another one

portare qcs. a qcn. — to take sb. sth., to take sth. to sb.

portare delle sedie in giardino — to take chairs into the garden

portare la macchina dal meccanico — to take the car to the garage

portare una valigia — to carry a suitcase

portare qcs. sulle spalle — to carry sth. on one's back

portare in braccio un bambino — to hold a baby in one's arms

essere portato dal vento — to be blown along by the wind, to be borne on the wind

non dimenticare di portare un ombrello — don't forget to take an umbrella

portare qcn. a scuola, all'ospedale — to take sb. to school, to the hospital

ti porto a casa — I'll take you home

portare qcn. a ballare — to take sb. dancing

un autobus ti porterà in albergo — a bus will take you to the hotel

cosa ti ha portato qui? — what brought you here?

portare fortuna, sfortuna a qcn. — to bring sb. good, bad luck

porta bene, male fare — it's good, bad luck to do

portare frutti — to bear fruit

tutto porta a credere che — there is every indication that, all the indications are that

questo ci porta alla conclusione che — this leads us to the conclusion that

porta i capelli lunghi — she wears her hair long

che numero porti di scarpe? — what size shoes do you take?

porto il 40 di scarpe — I take size 40 shoes

porto il nome di mia nonna — I'm named after my grandmother

portare rispetto a qcn. — to have respect for sb.

porta pazienza! — be patient! have some patience!

porta loro i miei saluti — send them my regards

scrivo 3, porto 2 — I put down 3 and carry 2

portare via la spazzatura — to clear away the rubbish

portare fuori il cane — to take the dog for a walk, to walk the dog

portare fuori l'immondizia — to put the garbage out

questa strada porta alla chiesa — this road leads to the church

un cannone che porta a 2500 metri — a cannon with a range of 2500 metres

- rsi in testa alla classifica — to get to first place

- rsi il lavoro a casa — to take one's work home

un'abitudine che ci si porta dietro dall'infanzia — a habit that is carried over from childhood

mi sono portata avanti nel lavoro — I've got well ahead with my work

bianco come la neve — (as) white as snow

veste come suo padre — he dresses like his father

a scuola come a casa — both at school and at home, at school as well as at home

ci vuole uno come lui — we need somebody like him

è come parlare al muro — it's like talking to the wall

come glielo dico? — how will I tell him?

non so come dirglielo — I don't know how to tell him

(il modo in cui) mi piace come scrive — I like the way he writes, I like his style of writing

ecco come è successo — this is how it happened

attento a come parli! — mind your tongue!

(quanto) come è brutto! — how ugly he (o it) is!

come mi dispiace! — I'm terribly sorry!

A come Ancona — A for Andrew

(in quale modo) mi scrisse come si era rotto un braccio — he wrote to tell me about how he had broken an arm

mi ha spiegato come l'ha conosciuto — he told me how he met him

dovevi vedere come lo picchiava — you should have seen the way he was hitting him

sai come sia sensibile — you know how sensitive he is

si comporta come ha sempre fatto — he behaves as he has always done

è meglio/peggio di come mi aspettavo — it is better/worse than I expected

come arrivò si mise a lavorare — as soon as he arrived he set to work, no sooner had he arrived than he set to work

come se n'è andato, tutti sono scoppiati a ridere — as soon as he left, everyone burst out laughing

come (se) — as if, as though

il come e il perché — the whys and the wherefores

come stai? — how are you?

come ti chiami? — what's your name?

come si scrive? — how do you spell it?

sapere come fare — to know how to do

com'è John? — what is John like?

com'è la casa? — what does the house look like?

come? — excuse me? pardon? sorry?

come hai detto? — what did you say?

come sei gentile! — how kind of you!

come sei cresciuto! — haven't you grown! how you've grown!

come ci siamo divertiti! — what a great time we had!

(ma) come! — what!

come no! — of course! sure!

come la maggior parte delle persone — like most people

in una situazione come questa — in such a situation

un cappello come quello — a hat like that one

fai come me — do as I do

ha fatto come gli ho detto — he did it the way I told him

(fai) come vuoi — do as you like

come avevamo deciso — as we had agreed

come sempre — as ever, the same as always

come al solito — as usual

come segue — as follows

ecco come è successo — it happened like this, this is what happened

per come la vedo io — as I see it

nero come il carbone — as black as coal

è intelligente come te — he is as intelligent as you

trattare qcn. come un bambino — to treat sb. like a child

è più facile di come pensavo — it's easier than I thought

di giorno come di notte — by day as well as by night

tanto qui come all'estero — both here and abroad

in un paese come l'Italia — in a country like Italy

lavorare come insegnante — to work as a teacher

presentarsi come candidato — to stand as a candidate

cosa c'è come dessert? — what's for dessert?

come potete vedere — as you can see

T come Tom — T for Tom

avaro com'è, non ti darà nulla — he's so mean, he won't give you anything

come da istruzioni — as requested, as per your instructions

come da programma — according to schedule

rispettala come fosse tua madre — respect her as though she were your mother

mi guardò come per dire "te l'avevo detto" — he looked at me as if to say "I told you so"

si comporta come se fosse a casa sua — he acts like he owns the place

si sono comportati come se niente fosse — they behaved as if nothing had happened

come si è fatto buio sono tornato a casa — as it went dark I came back home

come giro le spalle — as soon as my back is turned

mi ha detto come l'ha trovato — he told me how he had found it

il come e il perché di qcs. — the how and the why of sth

come non detto — forget it, never mind

come minimo — at the very least