No. 946 in Italian
porte
The Italian word "porte" means "doors" in English.
In a sentence
Le porte del castello si aprirono con un cigolio inquietante.
The doors of the castle opened with an unsettling creak.
'Porte' refers to castle doors, tangible physical objects.
Le sue parole mi hanno spalancato le porte a nuove opportunità.
His words opened the doors to new opportunities for me.
'Porte' is used metaphorically to mean opportunities or new paths.
Quando si suonano le tastiere, bisogna prestare attenzione a tutte le porte MIDI configurate.
When playing keyboards, one must pay attention to all the configured MIDI ports.
'Porte' refers to 'ports' in a technical context, such as computer MIDI connections figures of speech.
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