conportare

Conportare is a verb of Italian that is extremely rare in modern usage and is generally regarded as an obsolete or nonstandard variant of the more common verb comportare. In contemporary Italian, the primary form used to express the sense of implying or entailing is comportare, and the reflexive form conportarsi is seldom, if ever, employed in standard writing.

Etymology and forms: Conportare is built from the verb portare with the prefix con-, mirroring the semantic idea of bringing together or accompanying. In standard Italian, assimilation before the labial consonant p often yields the form com- before portare, producing comportare. Consequently, conportare is typically encountered only in historical texts, regional varieties, or as a spelling variant. Because of this, most dictionaries and grammar references treat conportare as archaic or nonstandard.

Usage notes: In practice, modern Italian uses comportare to mean “to entail,” “to involve,” or “to require,” as in Questo comportamento comporta rischi. The reflexive counterpart, comportarsi, is the normative form for “to behave.” If conportare appears, it should be treated as an old or dialectal form and avoided in formal writing. For literal senses of “to bring with” or “to carry along,” Italian typically uses portare con sé or accompagnare, rather than conportare.

See also: comportare, portare, conportarsi, Italian verbs. While conportare may appear in some scholarly or historical texts, it does not form a standard part of contemporary Italian usage.