posada

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, 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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

Deverbal from posadit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈposada]

Noun

posada f (diminutive posádka)

1. pen, coop, hutch

Further reading

• “posada”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “posada”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “posada”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Etymology

Deverbal from posadzić. Calque of German Stellung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈsa.da/

• Audio:

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

Noun

posada f (diminutive posadka)

1. situation, job, position, post
2. (archaic) foundation

Further reading

• posada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• posada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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.)

References

• “posada”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology

From posar +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈsada/ [poˈsa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: po‧sa‧da

Noun

posada f (plural posadas)

1. hotel, inn

   Synonym: fonda

Participle

posada f sg

1. feminine singular of posado

Further reading

• “posada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10