Meaning of portelo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. gate (doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)
   masculine
2. wicket, wicket gate
   masculine
3. pane, counter; registration window
   masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“o conde Fernã Gonçaluez auya ia feyct[o], en pouca d'ora, muy gram portelo ẽna primeyra az dos mouros”

“En este dia e por estas testemoyas, se deu o pregón das bestas mullares e asnos, que os non deytasen enas viñas nen cortasen as çepas, su a pena ordenada por ho conçello etc, e que cada hun que tape os portellos etc, su a dita pena, cada un da sua viña”

In this day and with these witnesses, it was proclaimed the announcements of the mules and asses, that they should not free them at the vineyards, nor cut down the grapevines under the penalty accorded by the council etcetera, and each one should close the gates etcetera, under the aforementioned penalty, each one of their vineyard

“é ó mesmo que tornar os paxaros de un tarreo para que non coman ó grao, é deixar ó mesmo tempo portelos abertos para que ó coman os porcos”

it is the same as driving away the birds from a terrain so that they don't eat the grain, and then leaving the gates open for the pigs to do it

CEFR level