n., pl. -ti (-tē) or -tos.

A smooth uninterrupted glide in passing from one tone to another, especially with the voice or a bowed stringed instrument.

[Italian, from portare, to carry, from Latin portāre.]

(It.)

A smooth and rapid ‘sliding’ between two pitches, executed continuously. It is characteristic of the voice, trombone and strings; it has long been regarded as an expressive device, though in string playing changes in technique and taste have led it to he used much less often than in the past. The term is also used in the sense of port de voix as a synonym for an ascending appoggiatura.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - portamento

Nederlands (Dutch)
glijdende overgang tussen muzieknoten

Français (French)
n. - portamento, glissement continu d'une note à une autre

Deutsch (German)
n. - (mus.) Portamento

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) πορταμέντο

Italiano (Italian)
portamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - portamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
скольжение, хроматическая гамма

Español (Spanish)
n. - portamento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - portamento (mus.) tonövergång

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
滑音, 延音

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 滑音, 延音

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 포르타멘트, 운음

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ポルタメント

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) التخلص : انتقال تدريجي من نغمه إلى أخرى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮החלקה מטון לטון (מוסיקה), פורטמנטו‬

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