posada

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "posada"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish posada.

Noun

posada (plural posadas)

  1. A traditional Mexican Christmas procession.
    • 2008 December 24, Judith Lerner, “A chef's menu stirs Christmas memories”, in Berkshire Eagle‎, archived from the original on 4 March 2016:
      They make a posada for the kids over there.
  2. An inn in Spanish-speaking regions.

Further reading

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

posada f (plural posades)

  1. putting, placing, staging
  2. stay (act of staying in a locale)
  3. inn
  4. house, residence
  5. (Mallorca, Menorca) pied-à-terre

Participle

posada f sg

  1. feminine singular of posat

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from posadit.

Pronunciation

Noun

posada f (diminutive posádka)

  1. pen, coop, hutch

Declension

Declension of posada (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative posada posady
genitive posady posad
dative posadě posadám
accusative posadu posady
vocative posado posady
locative posadě posadách
instrumental posadou posadami

Further reading

  • “posada”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “posada”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “posada”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Deverbal from posadzić. Calque of German Stellung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔˈsa.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: po‧sa‧da

Noun

posada f (diminutive posadka)

  1. situation, job, position, post
  2. (archaic) foundation

Declension

Declension of posada
singular plural
nominative posada posady
genitive posady posad
dative posadzie posadom
accusative posadę posady
instrumental posadą posadami
locative posadzie posadach
vocative posado posady

Further reading

  • posada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • posada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Deverbal from posaditi, influenced by Czech posádka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôsada/
  • Hyphenation: po‧sa‧da

Noun

pȍsada f (Cyrillic spelling по̏сада)

  1. crew (of a ship, airplane, etc.)

Declension

Declension of posada
singular plural
nominative posada posade
genitive posade posada
dative posadi posadama
accusative posadu posade
vocative posado posade
locative posadi posadama
instrumental posadom posadama

References

  • “posada”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From posar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈsada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: po‧sa‧da

Noun

posada f (plural posadas)

  1. hotel, inn
    Synonym: fonda

Participle

posada f sg

  1. feminine singular of posado

Further reading

Wikious
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