posar

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): (Central) [puˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [poˈzaɾ]
• Homophone: posà

Verb

posar (first-person singular present poso, first-person singular preterite posí, past participle posat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /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. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get, to become, to turn
7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to put on

Conjugation

    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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “posar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “posar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “posar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

posar m

1. indefinite plural of pose

Occitan

Etymology

From potz (“a well”).

Pronunciation

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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)]
  • (Southern Brazil) 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.

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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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 tú 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 vos 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014