This is the 946th most frequent Italian word.
porte
The Italian word "porte" means "doors" in English.
'Porte' refers to castle doors, tangible physical objects.
Le porte del castello si aprirono con un cigolio inquietante.
The doors of the castle opened with an unsettling creak.
'Porte' is used metaphorically to mean opportunities or new paths.
Le sue parole mi hanno spalancato le porte a nuove opportunità .
His words opened the doors to new opportunities for me.
'Porte' refers to 'ports' in a technical context, such as computer MIDI connections figures of speech.