Translation for "porta" to english

Porta

verb

• wear
• carry
• bear
• take
• reach
• strike
• hit
• have on
• propose
• tote
• waft
• direct
• hump
• prefer

Translation examples

carry verb

Le patriarche de Jérusalem porta la Croix devant les croisés avant la bataille.
The patriarch of Jerusalem carried the cross into battle before the Crusaders.

Alors il la porta sur son dos.
So Dad carried her on his back.

Personne ne le blâma pour sa mort... mais il porta pendant plusieurs années, le poids de cette responsabilité.
No one blamed him for her death... but he carried the burden of guilt and loss for many years.

Et il me porta... là où l'homme ne peut aller par lui-même.
And it carried me... where man can never reach alone.

"Il la porta à travers l'écume qui léchait les rochers. "Elle semblait endormie."
"He carried her over the spit of rocks as if she were sleeping..."

Mes mains agrippèrent ses fesses quand il me porta pour me plaquer contre le mur.
My hands clasped his buttocks as he carried me across the room and pinned me against the wall.

Hyang-dan porta du vin et des mets
Who carries wine and food

On la porta autour de son fiancé afin de les unir pour la vie.
She was carried around the bridegroom to tie the knot for life.

Il me porta majestueusement vers son lit, sur lequel il me deposa comme dans les romans d'autrefois.
He majestically carried me to his bed, where he put me down, like in a novel.

Il lui arracha sa robe... sa petite culotte blanche... et la porta ainsi... nue, dans le lit.
He tore the dress off. He tore the little white underpants off... and he carried her like that... naked, to the bed.

bear verb

Ainsi, si vous me permettez ... quand Glitter porta le fruit en son ventre,
Thus, if I may... When Glitter's womb a fruit did bear,

take verb

Se la porta a casa sua li ammazzo tutti due!
If he takes her home, I'll kill them both!

" porta le téton, voilé par l'étoffe, " à sa bouche.
so he could take one shirt-veiled nipple into his mouth.

J'ai assisté, par hasard, à la scène entre Bixio et La Massa... et, pour un instant, à la prise de Porta Termini.
The scene between Bixio and La Masa, at which I just happened to be present. And I was briefly at the taking of Termini.

Amegy Bank avait souscrit un second contrat au nom de Dan, ce qui porta le butin total à près de 5 millions de dollars.
It turned out that Amegy Bank had a second dead peasant policy on Dan, bringing their total take to nearly $5 million.

Je pensais au type de la Porta San Sebastiano.
I've been thinking about taking him by the one at Port San Sebastian.

hit verb

C'est la Carmencita qui porta les premiers coups!
Carmen started it. She hit her first!

propose verb

Alors Bob porta un toast : "Joyeux Noël à tous"
"Then bob proposed-- "'a merry christmas to us all,my dears.

direct verb

Deux ONG avec lesquelles le Ministère du travail et de la politique sociale a signé un mémorandum de coopération fournissent une aide et un appui directs aux victimes: l'ONG <<Otvorena Porta>> (Portes ouvertes), fournit une aide sociale; et l'ONG <<For a happy childhood>> [Pour une enfance heureuse] fournit un soutien psychologique.
Two NGOs with which the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation, provide direct assistance and support to victims: the NGO called "Otvorena Porta" (Open Gates), which provides social support, and the NGO called "For a happy childhood", which provides psychological support.

En ce qui concerne la prise de décisions, le débat porta sur le système de vote dans les chambres, en particulier sur la question de savoir si les catégories ou groupes d'États, principalement d'États en développement, devaient être considérées comme des chambres aux fins de la prise des décisions du Conseil.
With respect to decision-making the debate was directed at the system of chambered voting, in particular whether the categories or groups of States, mainly developing States, should be treated as chambers for the purposes of decision-making in the Council.

prefer verb

À l’issue des débats et à la lumière des résultats des deux séminaires, un projet de programme d’action fut élaboré qui porta sur la circoncision féminine, la préférence accordée à l’enfant mâle, le mariage et les pratiques y afférentes, et la violence.
Following the discussions and in the light of the two seminars, a draft programme of action was drawn up covering female circumcision, son preference, marriage and related practices, and violence.