posar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan posar, from Late Latin pausāre (“halt, rest”), likely influenced in meaning by Latin pōnere ("put"; cf. inflections such as posui). Doublet of pausar, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Homophone: posà

Verb

posar (first-person singular present poso, first-person singular preterite posí, past participle posat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to put, to place
2. (transitive) to set
3. (transitive) to apply (medication or cosmetics)
4. (reflexive) to apply (medication or cosmetics) (to oneself)
5. (intransitive) to rest, to stay
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get, to become, to turn
7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to put on

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (put): metre, ficar
• (place): plaçar, emplaçar, ubicar, situar
• (stay): quedar-se

Derived terms

• posar-se
• posar al dia
• posar en quarantena
• reposar

Related terms

References

• “posar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “posar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “posar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “posar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

posar m

1. indefinite plural of pose

Occitan

Etymology

From potz (“a well”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedocien)

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Verb

posar

1. to draw (water from a well)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		posar			aver posat
gerund		posant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		posat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	posi	posas	posa	posam	posatz	posan
	imperfect	posavi	posavas	posava	posàvem	posàvetz	posavan
	preterite	posèri	posères	posèt	posèrem	posèretz	posèron
	future	posarai	posaràs	posarà	posarem	posaretz	posaràn
	conditional	posariái	posariás	posariá	posariam	posariatz	posarián
	conditional 2nd form1	posèra	posèras	posèra	poseram	poseratz	posèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pose	poses	pose	posem	posetz	posen
	imperfect	posèssi	posèsses	posèsse	posèssem	posèssetz	posèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			posa		posem	posatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		posar			aver posat
gerund		posant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		posat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pose	poses	posa	posam	posatz	poson
	imperfect	posave	posaves	posava	posaviam	posaviatz	posavon
	preterite	posere	poseres	poset	posem	posetz	poseron
	future	posarai	posaràs	posará	posarem	posaretz	posarán
	conditional	posariá	posariás	posariá	posariam	posariatz	posarián
	conditional 2nd form1	posèra	posèras	posèra	poseram	poseratz	posèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pose	poses	pose	posassiam	posassiatz	poson
	imperfect	posesse	posesses	posesse	posessiam	posessiatz	posesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			posa		posassiam	posatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		posar			aver posat
gerund		posant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		posat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	posi	posas	posa	posam	posatz	posan
	imperfect	posavi	posavas	posava	posàvam	posàvatz	posavan
	preterite	posèi	posès	posè	posèm	posètz	posèn
	future	posarèi	posaràs	posarà	posaram	posaratz	posaràn
	conditional	posarí	posarés	posaré	posarem	posaretz	posarén
	conditional 2nd form1	posèra	posèras	posèra	poseram	poseratz	posèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	posi	poses	pose	posem	posetz	posen
	imperfect	posèssi	posèsses	posèsse	posèssem	posèssetz	posèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			posa		posem	posatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		posar			aver posat
gerund		posant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		posat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pose	posas	posa	posam	posatz	posan
	imperfect	posava	posavas	posava	posàvam	posàvatz	posavan
	preterite	posei	poseras	poset	posèram	posèratz	poseran
	future	posarai	posaràs	posará	posarem	posaretz	posarán
	conditional	posariá	posariàs	posariá	posariam	posariatz	posarián
	conditional 2nd form1	posèra	posèras	posèra	poseram	poseratz	posèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pose	poses	pose	posem	posetz	posen
	imperfect	posèsse	posèsses	posèsse	posèssem	posèssetz	posèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			posa		posem	posatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		posar			aver posat
gerund		posant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		posat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pose	poses	posa	posam	posatz	posan
	imperfect	posavi	posavas	posava	posàvem	posàvetz	posavan
	preterite	posère	posères	posèt	poseriam	poseriatz	posèron
	future	posarai	posaràs	posarà	posarem	posaretz	posaràn
	conditional	posariáu	posariás	posariá	posariam	posariatz	posarián
	conditional 2nd form1	posèra	posèras	posèra	poseram	poseratz	posèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pose	poses	pose	posem	posetz	posan
	imperfect	posèsse	posèsses	posèsse	posessiam	posessiatz	posèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			posa		posem	posatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French poser, from Latin pausāre. Doublet of pousar and pausar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: po‧sar

Verb

posar (first-person singular present poso, first-person singular preterite posei, past participle posado)

1. to pose

   Maria posou para a foto. ― Maria posed for a picture.

2. Misspelling of pousar.

Conjugation

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pausāre. Compare the borrowed doublet pausar. Cognate with English pose and pause.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: po‧sar

Verb

posar (first-person singular present poso, first-person singular preterite posé, past participle posado)

1. to pose
2. to stay or lodge in a habitation
3. to rest on a surface

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “posar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014