poza

See also: Poza, poză, póza, poza-, and pozą

Galician

Poza da Moura ("Pool of the enchanted lady"), Vilaboa, Galicia

Alternative forms

• poça (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From pozo, from Old Galician-Portuguese poço, from Latin puteus. Cognate with Portuguese poça and Spanish poza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoθa/ [ˈpo.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈpoθa/ [ˈpo.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈposa/ [ˈpo.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -oθa

• Rhymes: -oθa
• Rhymes: -osa

• Hyphenation: po‧za

Noun

poza m (plural pozas)

1. pool in a river
   • 1402, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., p. 167:

     et mays uos aforamos a noſa leyra da Ujna Uella que jaz ſobre lo canal commo uay topar enna poça de Caalles

     and we also lend you our field of Viña Vella, which is by the channel, as it comes into the pool of Canles

   Synonyms: corgo, laga

2. puddle

   Synonyms: chagorza, porraca, chanca, trolleira, pozarca, laguceiro, lumedeiro

3. tidal pool

Derived terms

• empozar
• furapozas
• Poza

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “poza”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “poza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “poza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “poza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese esposa.

Noun

poza

1. wife

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.za/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.za/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Syllabification: po‧za
• Homophone: poza-

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa

Proto-Slavic *po

Old Polish po

Polish po

Proto-Indo-European *gʰe?

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō

Proto-Balto-Slavic *źō

Proto-Slavic *za

Old Polish za

Polish za

univ.

Polish poza

Univerbation of po + za. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Kashubian pòza and Silesian poza.

Preposition

poza

1. denotes an area not within; beyond, out of, outside of [with instrumental]

   Nie namierzymy go. Jest poza zasięgiem. ― We cannot trace him. He's out of range.

2. denotes movement to an area not within; to beyond, to out of, to outside of [with accusative]

   Piłka wyleciała poza boisko. ― The ball flew out of the pitch.

3. denotes exclusion; besides, outside of; except [with instrumental]

   Synonyms: oprócz, prócz, z wyjątkiem

   Nikt poza tobą tego nie lubi. ― No one besides you likes this.

4. denotes inclusion; besides, outside of [with instrumental]

   Synonyms: obok, oprócz, prócz

   Poza polskim też znam niemiecki. ― Besides Polish I also know German.

Derived terms

particles

• poza tym

prefixes

• poza-

prepositions

• spoza

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), poza is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 41 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 33 times in essays, 26 times in fiction, and 23 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 144 times, making it the 406th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek παύω (paúō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der.

Latin pausa

Vulgar Latin pausō, pausāre

▲

Latin pōnōinflu.

Old French poser

French poserdeverb.

French posebor.

Polish poza

Borrowed from French pose.

Noun

poza f

1. pose, posture

   Synonym: postawa

Declension

Declension of poza

	singular	plural
nominative	poza	pozy
genitive	pozy	póz
dative	pozie	pozom
accusative	pozę	pozy
instrumental	pozą	pozami
locative	pozie	pozach
vocative	pozo	pozy

Further reading

• “poza”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “poza”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• Paweł Kupiszewski (03.06.2020), “POZA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “poza”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “poza”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “poza”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 899

Romanian

Alternative forms

• поза (poza) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French poser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈza/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: po‧za

Verb

a poza (third-person singular present pozează, past participle pozat) 1st conjugation

1. (intransitive) to pose (have one’s portrait made or taken)
2. (transitive, informal) to take a picture of someone

   Synonym: (formal) fotografia

3. (intransitive, literary) to pose (to affect a false way of being) [with în ‘as’]
4. (transitive, technical) to place, position

Conjugation

    conjugation of poza (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a poza
gerund			pozând
past participle			pozat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	pozez	pozezi	pozează	pozăm	pozați	pozează
	imperfect	pozam	pozai	poza	pozam	pozați	pozau
	simple perfect	pozai	pozași	poză	pozarăm	pozarăți	pozară
	pluperfect	pozasem	pozaseși	pozase	pozaserăm	pozaserăți	pozaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pozez	să pozezi	să pozeze	să pozăm	să pozați	să pozeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pozează			pozați
	negative		nu poza			nu pozați

Derived terms

• pozar

Related terms

• poză

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.za/
• Rhymes: -oza
• Hyphenation: po‧za

Noun

poza f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of poză (“photo; pose”)

Further reading

• “poza”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1980), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[5], volume 8, part 4, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 1178

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒːza/
• Hyphenation: po‧za

Noun

póza f (Cyrillic spelling по́за)

1. pose

Declension

Declension of poza

	singular	plural
nominative	poza	poze
genitive	poze	poza
dative	pozi	pozama
accusative	pozu	poze
vocative	pozo	poze
locative	pozi	pozama
instrumental	pozom	pozama

Further reading

• “poza”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoza/
• Hyphenation: po‧za

Preposition

póza (Cyrillic spelling по́за)

1. (Torlakian) behing

   Synonym: iza

   Stáni poza méne, pŕva săm došlá! ― Stand behind me, I came first!

References

• Radmila Žugić (2005), Rečnik govora jablaničkog kraja, Belgrad: Institut za srpski jezik SANU, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 283
• Momčilo Zlatanović (2014), Rečnik govora juga Srbije [Dictionary of the southern Serbia dialect], Vranje: Učiteljski fakultet u Vranju, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Јовановић, Властимир (2004), Речник села Каменице код Ниша, Belgrade: Институт за српски језик САНУ, →ISSN, page 233

Spanish

Etymology

From pozo, from Latin puteus (“pit, well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoθa/ [ˈpo.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈposa/ [ˈpo.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -osa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: po‧za

Noun

poza f (plural pozas)

1. puddle

   Synonym: charco

2. backwater

Derived terms

• poceta
• poza de marea

Further reading

• “poza”, 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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-poza (infinitive kupoza)

1. Causative form of -poa: to comfort, soothe, cool off

Conjugation

Conjugation of -poza
Positive present -napoza Subjunctive -poze Negative -pozi Imperative singular poza
Infinitives
Positive kupoza Negative kutopoza
Imperatives
Singular poza Plural pozeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupoza Positive past positive subject concord + -lipoza Negative past negative subject concord + -kupoza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napoza) Singular Plural 1st person ninapoza/napoza tunapoza 2nd person unapoza mnapoza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapoza wanapoza other classes positive subject concord + -napoza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pozi) Singular Plural 1st person sipozi hatupozi 2nd person hupozi hampozi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapozi hawapozi other classes negative subject concord + -pozi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapoza Negative future negative subject concord + -tapoza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -poze) Singular Plural 1st person nipoze tupoze 2nd person upoze mpoze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apoze wapoze other classes positive subject concord + -poze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipoze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepoza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepoza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipoza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipoza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apoza) Singular Plural 1st person napoza twapoza 2nd person wapoza mwapoza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apoza wapoza m-mi(III/IV) wapoza yapoza ji-ma(V/VI) lapoza yapoza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapoza vyapoza n(IX/X) yapoza zapoza u(XI) wapoza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapoza pa(XVI) papoza mu(XVIII) mwapoza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepoza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapoza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japoza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipoza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopoza Consecutive kapoza / positive subject concord + -kapoza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapoze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipoza -tupoza 2nd person -kupoza -wapoza/-kupozeni/-wapozeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpoza -wapoza m-mi(III/IV) -upoza -ipoza ji-ma(V/VI) -lipoza -yapoza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipoza -vipoza n(IX/X) -ipoza -zipoza u(XI) -upoza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupoza pa(XVI) -papoza mu(XVIII) -mupoza Reflexive -jipoza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -poza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pozaye -pozao m-mi(III/IV) -pozao -pozayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pozalo -pozayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pozacho -pozavyo n(IX/X) -pozayo -pozazo u(XI) -pozao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pozako pa(XVI) -pozapo mu(XVIII) -pozamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -poza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepoza -opoza m-mi(III/IV) -opoza -yopoza ji-ma(V/VI) -lopoza -yopoza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopoza -vyopoza n(IX/X) -yopoza -zopoza u(XI) -opoza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopoza pa(XVI) -popoza mu(XVIII) -mopoza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.