comportar

/kompoɾˈtaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to involve

🧳 com + portar = carry along with: what a thing carries with it, it entails

From Latin comportare, to carry together. Something that comporta a cost carries that cost along with it, so it involves or entails it. In the sense of to tolerate, you carry or bear something. Compare English comport and portable.

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