English-Catalan Dictionary Project

At 08:46 AM 12/04/2012 -0500, Linda Oxnard (JIRA) wrote:
>Linda Oxnard created DACCO-5220:
>-----------------------------------
>
>              Summary: porta
>                  Key: DACCO-5220
>                  URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DACCO-5220
>              Project: DACCO
>           Issue Type: Improvement
>             Reporter: Linda Oxnard
>             Assignee: Linda Oxnard
>             Priority: Minor

Also:

agafar el camí de la porta — leave, hit the road, make tracks, take off
de pa i porta — potluck
fer passar la porta a algú — kick someone out

Lou



>Today is clearly the day for expanding existing entries.
>existing entry:
>noun (f)
>1. door
>2. [obertura deixada en una paret] doorway
>
>Proposed new entry:
>noun (f)
>1. door
>2. gate
>3. [obertura deixada en una paret que es podia tancar amb una porta] 
>doorway
>4. [obertura deixada en una tanca o una paret que es podia tancar amb 
>un reixat] gateway
>5. [obertura d'accés] entry / entryway / entrance
>6. [esports] goal
>7. [esports d'hivern i esports nàutics] gate
>8. [electrònica] gate <catexamp>Porta lògica</catexamp><engexamp>Logic 
>gate</engexamp>
>
>a les portes de
>1. [ubicació física] very near to / very close to <catexamp>Protesten 
>a les portes de l'hospital</catexamp><engexamp>They are demonstrating 
>right outside the hospital</engexamp>
>2. [ubicació en el temps] very near / on the verge of <catexamp>Estem 
>a les portes de Nadal</catexamp><engexamp>Christmas is right round the 
>corner / Christmas is nearly upon us</engexamp><catexamp>La selecció 
>catalana d'hoquei es torna a quedar a les portes de la 
>victòria</catexamp><engexamp>The Catalan hockey team is once again on 
>the verge of victory</engexamp><catexamp>A les portes de la 
>mort</catexamp><engexamp>At death's door</engexamp>
>
>de porta en porta - (from) door to door <catexamp>Anar de porta en 
>porta</catexamp><engexamp>To go door to door</engexamp>
>
>porta balconera - French window
>
>porta caladissa - portcullis
>
>porta corredissa - sliding door
>
>porta del darrere - back door
>
>porta d'embarcament - (departure) gate
>
>de portes endins - in private / privately
>
>porta d'entrada
>1. main entrance
>2. gateway
>
>porta giratòria - revolving door
>
>a porta oberta - open to the public <catexamp>Els entrenaments de 
>l'equip han estat a porta oberta</catexamp><engexamp>The team's 
>training sessions have been open to the public</engexamp>
>
>a porta tancada - in private / behind closed doors <catexamp>La reunió 
>serà a porta tancada</catexamp><engexamp>The meeting will take place 
>behind closed doors</engexamp>
>
>porta plegable - folding door
>
>porta principal
>1. [d'una casa] front door
>2. [d'un edifici públic] main door
>
>porta de servei - service entrance
>
>porta tallafocs - fire door
>
>quan una porta es tanca, se n'obre una altra - when one door closes, 
>another one opens
>
>trucar (o picar) a la porta - to knock on the door

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All the best (Adéu-siau),
Lou Hevly
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