posar

Asturian

Alternative forms

• aposar
• pousar, apousar (Western)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pausāre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

posar (first-person singular indicative present poso, past participle posáu)

1. (transitive) to leave, put, place, drop (something that's being carried or worn)

   Synonyms: apoxar, dexar, poner

   Antonym: coyer

   Posa les caxes ende

   Leave the boxes there

   Posa esi palu

   Drop that stick

   • 1925, D. Carlos de la Concha y García Ciaño, Los sueños de probe Lín‎^[1]:

     Pero / tú, fusti tan brava / Que non dexasti que naide / En tí posara so planta.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive) to take off a piece of clothing

   Synonyms: quitar, desabrigar, desmangar, desatafañar

   Antonym: poner

   Posa la chaqueta que tas dientro casa

   Take off the jacket, you are indoors

3. to descend, get down

   Synonyms: baxar, amiyar

   Antonym: xubir

   Pósate d'ehí que vas cayer

   Get down from there, you'll fall

4. to alight, dismount, get off (someone else from a vehicle)

   Synonym: baxar

   Antonym: xubir

   Pósalu del coche

   Get him off the car

5. (reflexive) to get off, alight, land

   Synonym: baxar

   Antonym: xubir

   Yo pósome nesta parada

   I get off at this (bus) stop

   • 1889, Teodoro Cuesta, A mió má la d'el cielu‎^[2]:

     Entaman á esnalar les paxarines / Sortiendo del so picu les dolzures, / Se aposan n'el teyau les arandines, / Gorgutiendo sos parllas y veyures,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. (intransitive) to stop to rest, to sit or lay (especially on the ground or when travelling)

   Synonyms: aparar, descansar, alendar, aselar, reposar

   Posó y yá nun se movió más

   He/She stopped and didn't move anymore

   • 1639, Antón de Marirreguera, Pleitu ente Uvieo y Mérida poles cenices de Santa Olaya‎^[3]:

     Cuando examen les abeyes / Y posen de flor en flor , / Si les escurren s'espanten, / Vanse y non facen llabor, / Dexando el caxello vieyo / Pa buscar otro meyor.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

7. (transitive) to give birth

   Synonym: parir

   Foi posalu al hospital xeneral

   She went to give birth at the general hospital

8. to forget, to get out of one's head (an idea)

   Synonyms: escaecer, echar

   Nun soi a posar mio padre del pensamientu

   I can't forget my father from my mind

   Posa eses idees de la cabeza

   Get those ideas out of your head

9. to rest (food or liquid)

   Synonym: reposar

   Hai de dexar posar el pan enantes metelu en fornu

   You have to let the bread rest before putting it in the oven

10. to pose

    Xandru posó pa una semeya

    Xandru posed for a photo

Conjugation

Conjugation of posar

infinitive		posar
gerund		posando
past participle		m posáu, f posada, n posao, m pl posaos, f pl posaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	poso	poses	posa	posamos	posáis	posen
	imperfect	posaba	posabes	posaba	posábemos, posábamos	posabeis, posabais	posaben
	preterite	posé	posasti, posesti	posó	posemos	posastis, posestis	posaron
	pluperfect	posare, posara	posares, posaras	posare, posara	posáremos, posáramos	posareis, posarais	posaren, posaran
	future	posaré	posarás	posará	posaremos	posaréis	posarán
	conditional	posaría	posaríes	posaría	posaríemos, posaríamos	posaríeis, posaríais	posaríen
subjunctive	present	pose	poses, posas	pose	posemos	poséis	posen, posan
	imperfect	posare, posara	posares, posaras	posare, posara	posáremos, posáramos	posareis, posarais	posaren, posaran
imperative		—	posa	—	—	posái	—

Derived terms

• tar pa posalo

Related terms

• anteposar
• aposentar
• posa
• posada
• posaderes
• posaderu
• posadoriu
• posafuelles
• reposar

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “posar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “posar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

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): (Northern, Central) [puˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [poˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poˈzaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: po‧sar
• Homophone: posà (except Valencian)

Verb

posar (first-person singular present poso, first-person singular preterite posí, past participle posat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /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. (pronominal) to get, to become, to turn
7. (pronominal) to put on
8. (pronominal) to start an action

   Posar-se a plorar. ― To start crying.

   Em vaig posar a riure. ― I started laughing.

Usage notes

• Some speakers confuse posar with ficar. Posar in Catalan is equivalent to the Spanish poner (to place one object on top of another), while ficar is equivalent to the Spanish meter (to place one object inside another).

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of posar (first conjugation)

infinitive			posar
gerund			posant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		posat		posada
		plural		posats		posades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	poso	poses	posa	posem	poseu	posen
	imperfect	posava	posaves	posava	posàvem	posàveu	posaven
	future	posaré	posaràs	posarà	posarem	posareu	posaran
	preterite	posí	posares	posà	posàrem	posàreu	posaren
	conditional	posaria	posaries	posaria	posaríem	posaríeu	posarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	posi	posis	posi	posem	poseu	posin
	imperfect	posés	posessis	posés	poséssim	poséssiu	posessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	posa	posi	posem	poseu	posin
	negative (no)	—	no posis	no posi	no posem	no poseu	no posin

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

• anteposar
• aposar
• composar
• contraposar
• deposar
• disposar
• exposar
• imposar
• juxtaposar
• oposar
• posició
• positiu
• posposar
• proposar
• superposar
• suposar
• transposar

References

• “posar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “posar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “posar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “posar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈzar/, (traditional) /poˈsar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: po‧sàr

Verb

posar (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of posare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

posar m

1. indefinite plural of pose

Occitan

Etymology

From potz (“a well”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈza(ʁ)/ [poˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈza(ʁ)/ [poˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poˈza(ʁ)/ [poˈza(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /poˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /poˈzaɾ/, /pɔˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /poˈzaɾ/, /pɔˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /poˈza.ɾi/, /pɔˈza.ɾi/

• 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

    Conjugation of posar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	posar
Personal	posar	posares	posar	posarmos	posardes	posarem
Gerund
	posando
Past participle
Masculine	posado			posados
Feminine	posada			posadas
Indicative
Present	poso	posas	posa	posamos	posais	posam
Imperfect	posava	posavas	posava	posávamos	posáveis	posavam
Preterite	posei	posaste	posou	posamos1, posámos2	posastes	posaram
Pluperfect	posara	posaras	posara	posáramos	posáreis	posaram
Future	posarei	posarás	posará	posaremos	posareis	posarão
Conditional	posaria	posarias	posaria	posaríamos	posaríeis	posariam
Subjunctive
Present	pose	poses	pose	posemos	poseis	posem
Imperfect	posasse	posasses	posasse	posássemos	posásseis	posassem
Future	posar	posares	posar	posarmos	posardes	posarem
Imperative
Affirmative		posa	pose	posemos	posai	posem
Negative (não)		não poses	não pose	não posemos	não poseis	não posem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “posar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈsaɾ/ [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

    Conjugation of posar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			posar
gerund			posando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		posado		posada
		plural		posados		posadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	poso	posastú posásvos	posa	posamos	posáis	posan
	imperfect	posaba	posabas	posaba	posábamos	posabais	posaban
	preterite	posé	posaste	posó	posamos	posasteis	posaron
	future	posaré	posarás	posará	posaremos	posaréis	posarán
	conditional	posaría	posarías	posaría	posaríamos	posaríais	posarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pose	posestú posésvos2	pose	posemos	poséis	posen
	imperfect (ra)	posara	posaras	posara	posáramos	posarais	posaran
	imperfect (se)	posase	posases	posase	posásemos	posaseis	posasen
	future1	posare	posares	posare	posáremos	posareis	posaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		posatú posávos	pose	posemos	posad	posen
	negative		no poses	no pose	no posemos	no poséis	no posen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of posar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive posar	dative	posarme	posarte	posarle, posarse	posarnos	posaros	posarles, posarse
	accusative	posarme	posarte	posarlo, posarla, posarse	posarnos	posaros	posarlos, posarlas, posarse
with gerund posando	dative	posándome	posándote	posándole, posándose	posándonos	posándoos	posándoles, posándose
	accusative	posándome	posándote	posándolo, posándola, posándose	posándonos	posándoos	posándolos, posándolas, posándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative posa	dative	pósame	pósate	pósale	pósanos	not used	pósales
	accusative	pósame	pósate	pósalo, pósala	pósanos	not used	pósalos, pósalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative posá	dative	posame	posate	posale	posanos	not used	posales
	accusative	posame	posate	posalo, posala	posanos	not used	posalos, posalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pose	dative	póseme	not used	pósele, pósese	pósenos	not used	póseles
	accusative	póseme	not used	póselo, pósela, pósese	pósenos	not used	póselos, póselas
with first-person plural imperative posemos	dative	not used	posémoste	posémosle	posémonos	posémoos	posémosles
	accusative	not used	posémoste	posémoslo, posémosla	posémonos	posémoos	posémoslos, posémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative posad	dative	posadme	not used	posadle	posadnos	posaos	posadles
	accusative	posadme	not used	posadlo, posadla	posadnos	posaos	posadlos, posadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative posen	dative	pósenme	not used	pósenle	pósennos	not used	pósenles, pósense
	accusative	pósenme	not used	pósenlo, pósenla	pósennos	not used	pósenlos, pósenlas, pósense

Derived terms

• posabotellas (“bottle coaster”)
• posavasos

Further reading

• “posar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025