puerto

Definitions of puerto
  1. noun
    the waterfront of a seaside town
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    ribera
    the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water
  2. noun
    a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
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    Newport
    a port city in southeastern Wales
    Chicago
    largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
    charlestón
    a port city in southeastern South Carolina
    Houston
    the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    San Francisco
    a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge
    Pearl Harbor
    a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941
    Nueva York
    the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
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    centro de importación y exportación
    a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
    puerto franco
    a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels
    puerto de entrada
    a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise
    puerto de mar, puerto marítimo
    a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
    puerto de escala
    any port where a ship stops except its home port
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    punto geográfico
    a point on the surface of the Earth
  3. noun
    a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
    synonyms: puerto de mar, puerto marítimo
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    Pearl Harbor
    a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941
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    puerto de escala
    any port where a ship stops except its home port
  4. noun
    the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
    synonyms: paso
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    colada, congosto, cortadura, desfiladero, hoz
    a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
    collada, collado
    a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
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    lugar
    a point or extent in space
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