posada

See also: Posada, posadą, pošada, and poșadă

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

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from posadzić. Calque of German Stellung.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

posada f

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

Declension

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

References

  • posada” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From posar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈsada/ [poˈsa.ð̞a]
  • 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

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