comportamiento

/kompoɾtaˈmjento/ · B1 · noun · m

behavior

com + portar (to carry) + -miento: how you carry yourself

From comportar, to carry together, from Latin com- (with) + portare (to carry). Your comportamiento is the way you carry yourself, and English comport has the same root. The -miento ending turns the verb into a noun, like -ment in English.

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