poza

See also: Poza, poză, and póza

Galician

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoθa̝/, (western) /ˈposa̝/

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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• 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

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese esposa.

Noun

poza

1. wife

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.za/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

Preposition

poza

1. (+ instrumental) beyond, out of (denotes location)

   Nie namierzymy go. Jest poza zasięgiem.

   We cannot trace him. He's out of range.

2. (+ accusative) beyond, out of (denotes movement)

   Piłka wyleciała poza boisko.

   The ball flew out of the pitch.

3. (+ instrumental) except

Related terms

• poza tym
• spoza
• poza-

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French pose

Noun

poza f

1. pose, posture

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

Synonyms

• (posture): postawa

Further reading

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Spanish

Noun

poza f (plural pozas)

1. puddle
2. backwater