posta

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔs.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔs.ta]

posta f (plural postes)

1. post (an assigned station)
2. setting

   posta de sol ― sunset

3. laying (the act of laying an egg)

• a posta

posta f sg

1. feminine singular of post

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

posta (accusative singular postan, plural postaj, accusative plural postajn)

1. later, posterior

posta

1. third-person singular past historic of poster

• optas, posât

 

From Old Galician-Portuguese posta (“slice, piece”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin positus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tɐ]

posta f (plural postas)

1. serving, slice, cut

   Synonym: toro

2. fishery
3. setting
4. laying (the act of laying an egg)

• poñer
• por

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “posta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “posta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “posta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “posta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “posta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin positus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoʃtɒ]
• Hyphenation: pos‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

posta (plural posták)

1. mail, post
2. post office

• posta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

posta

1. mail (that arrives in the mailbox)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpˠɔsˠt̪ˠə]

posta m (genitive singular posta, nominative plural postaí)

1. Cois Fharraige form of post
2. vocative plural of post

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin posita, feminine singular of positus, past participle of pōnō (“to put”). Originally, "post for horses or for mooring ships", then "stopping place for coaches on a journey, way station".^[1] Doublet of posta (feminine past participle of porre).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/^[2]

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• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta

posta f (plural poste)

1. mail, post
2. post office

   Synonym: ufficio postale

3. (games) stakes

From the feminine singular of posto, past participle of porre (“to put, to lay”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/, (traditional) /ˈpo.sta/^[2]
• Rhymes: -ɔsta, (traditional) -osta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta, (traditional) pó‧sta

posta f (plural poste)

1. (archaic or colloquial, Tuscan) act of laying or putting, especially of eggs
2. (archaic) act of giving a name, christening
3. (archaic) footprint, track

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.sta/, /ˈpɔ.sta/^[2]
• Rhymes: -osta, -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pó‧sta, pò‧sta

posta

1. feminine singular of posto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/, /ˈpo.sta/^[3]
• Rhymes: -ɔsta, -osta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta, pó‧sta

posta

1. inflection of postare (“to post (an email, etc.; Internet)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/
• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta

posta

1. inflection of postare (“to post (sentries, etc.; military)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Tapso, pasto, patos, spato

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Syllabification: pos‧ta

posta m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of post

posta f sg

1. feminine singular of posto

Nominalization of the feminine past participle.

posta f (plural postas)

1. slice or chop of fish or other meat
2. profitable job

• arrotar postas de pescada
• fazer em postas

Borrowed from Italian posta.

posta f (plural postas)

1. mail, postal service
2. (dated) station of horses on the road that served as an inn or restaurant for travalers

Variation of bosta.

posta f (plural postas)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of bosta (“shit”)

posta

1. inflection of postar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French poster.

a posta (third-person singular present postează, past participle postat) 1st conj.

1. to post
2. to settle

• post

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

posta m (genitive singular posta, plural postachan or postaichean)

1. postman, mailman, letter carrier

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “posta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Borrowed from Amharic ፖስታ (posta), borrowed from Italian posta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfosta/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ta

posta m 

1. post

• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “posta”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

• IPA^(key): /ˈposta/ [ˈpos.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -osta
• Syllabification: pos‧ta

posta

1. really, truth

posta f (plural postas)

1. slug (a bullet)
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posta m or f by sense (plural postas)

1. courier

• “posta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English post.^[1]

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posta (n class, plural posta)

1. post office

post +‎ -a

posta (present postar, preterite postade, supine postat, imperative posta)

1. to post, to mail, to send a mail; to put a letter in the letterbox

• posta ett brev
• postning

• sopat, topas

From English poster.

posta

1. poster

From Ottoman Turkish پوسته (posta, “mail”), Italian posta (“mail”).

• IPA^(key): /posˈtɑ/

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posta (definite accusative postayı, plural postalar)

1. mail, post

• e-posta
• postalamak

• postane