portate

See also: pórtate

English

One type of cross portate (T-shaped rather than -shaped).

Etymology

Latin portatus, past participle of portare (“to carry”).

Adjective

portate (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of a cross) Borne diagonally athwart an escutcheon with the central column going from dexter chief to sinister base (a cross tilted the opposite way is portate reversed), especially as a T-shaped or Saint Anthony's cross.

   a cross portate

Further reading

• “portate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Esperanto

Adverb

portate

1. present adverbial passive participle of porti

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

portate

1. inflection of portare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

portate f pl

1. feminine plural of portato

Latin

Verb

portāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of portō

Spanish

Verb

portate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of portar combined with te