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Galician
Etymology
From Latin postus, from positus.
Participle
posto (feminine posta, masculine plural postos, feminine plural postas)
- past participle of poñer
- past participle of pór
- (reintegrationist norm) masculine singular past participle of pôr
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English post, French poste, German Post, Italian posta.
Pronunciation
Noun
posto (plural posti)
- postal service, post, mail
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin postus, from positus.
Pronunciation
Participle
posto (feminine posta, masculine plural posti, feminine plural poste)
- past participle of porre
Noun
posto m (plural posti)
- place, spot
- Synonym: luogo
Erano al posto giusto al momento giusto.- They were in the right place at the right time.
- place, position (in a list, classification etc.); often not translated
La squadra si è aggiudicata un ottimo terzo posto nella gara finale della stagione.- The team clinched an excellent third place in the final race of the season.
- seat
Su un treno o tram è educazione chiedere se un posto è libero prima di sedersi.- On a train or tram it's polite to ask if the seat is free before sitting down.
- room, space
- Synonym: spazio
I sistemi di scaffali sono l'ideale in un garage dove occorra fare posto per un'auto o per un ufficio.- Shelving systems are ideal in a garage where you also need to make room for a car, or an office.
- job, position, post
Ho ottenuto un posto di insegnante d'inglese in un'università locale.- I got a job teaching English at a local University.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
posto
- first-person singular present indicative of postare (“to post (an email, etc.; Internet)”)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
posto
- first-person singular present indicative of postare (“to post (sentries, etc.; military)”)
References
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Latin postus, from positus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
- Hyphenation: pos‧to
Participle
posto (feminine posta, masculine plural postos, feminine plural postas, metaphonic)
- past participle of pôr
Noun
posto m (plural postos, metaphonic)
- position, job
- Synonyms: emprego, cargo
- station, post
- Synonym: estação
- posto de trabalho ― workstation
- posto de gasolina ― gas station
- place
- Synonym: lugar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
posto
- first-person singular present indicative of postar
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Calque of Latin per centum.
Adverb
pȍstō (Cyrillic spelling по̏сто̄)
- percent
See also
Slavomolisano
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian postol (cf. modern postola).
Pronunciation
Noun
posto m
- shoe
Declension
declension of posto (inan series-2b masc cons-stem)
References
- Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).