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Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
postizo (feminine postiza, masculine plural postizos, feminine plural postizas)
- detachable
- 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:
- Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde
- Item, I bequeath said Inés my headdress, that have detachable laterals and come in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk
- artificial; prosthetic
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References
- “postiço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “postizo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “postizo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “postizo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish apostizo, from Late Latin appositīcius, from Latin appōnere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /posˈtiθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /posˈtiso/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: pos‧ti‧zo
Adjective
postizo (feminine postiza, masculine plural postizos, feminine plural postizas)
- false, artificial
- prosthetic
Derived terms
Noun
postizo m (plural postizos)
- switch (whip)
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