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Italian word

porta

port (USB port, HDMI port, network port); also: door, gate

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port

port (network port, a harbour, a type of wine, to carry/port software)

⚠️ The trap

'Porta' primarily means a door in Italian, but in tech it also means a port (USB, HDMI, network port). English speakers learning Italian may not associate 'porta' (door) with a computer port. Also, 'porto' (harbour) is different from 'porta' (door/port in tech).

To say "port (network port, a harbour, a type of wine, to carry/port software)" in Italian:

porta

"porta" in English means:

port (USB port, HDMI port, network port); also: door, gate

Example

"Non ci sono più porte USB libere sul computer."

"There are no more free USB ports on the computer."

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