aportar

/apoɾˈtaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to provide

🎁 a-PORT-ar: ships bring cargo into a port, so you bring something in

Aportar comes from Latin portare, to carry, which also gives English port, portable, and transport. The prefix a- means toward. So aportar is to carry something toward a place or a group, which is to contribute or provide it.

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