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^[1], 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

• Las Posadas

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈza.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈza.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [poˈza.ða]

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/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: po‧sa‧da

Noun

posada f

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

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

Related terms

• posar
• reposar
• reposo

 

Participle

posada f sg

1. feminine singular of posado

Further reading

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