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portegos

portegos is the plural of portego.

Meaning of portego

Noun

portego (plural portegos)

  1. A characteristic compositional element of the Venetian civil buildings built during the years of the Republic of Venice, similar to a reception hall but having peculiar features.
    • The arrangement of the middle windows is a transferring, as it were, of the mediæval portegos into the artistic conditions of the Renaissance.1895, [Theodor] Gsell-Fels, translated by J. Albert Swallow, Venice (Bruckmann’s Illustrated Guides; 2–5), Munich: A. Bruckmann, […], page 12

Questions about portegos

What is portegos the plural of?
Portegos is the plural of portego.

Words near portegos in the dictionary

  1. Portee
  2. Portees
  3. portefeuille
  4. portefeuilles
  5. portego
  6. portegos
  7. portegue
  8. portegues
  9. Portela
  10. Portelas
  11. Portell

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