This is the 694th most frequent Catalan word.
portes
"Portes" in Catalan means "doors" in English.
'Portes' refers to the physical doors in a building, used as a noun in plural form.
Les portes de l'edifici són antigues.
The doors of the building are old.
'Portes' is used as the second-person singular of the verb 'portar', meaning 'to bring', in present tense.
Si portes aigua, tens més punts per guanyar.
If you bring water, you gain more points to win.
'Portes' is used metaphorically to imply an abstract concept of opportunities or insights, used as a noun.