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posar

Pronunciation: [puˈza]

“posar” is a Catalan word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to put, to place
  2. to set
  3. to apply (medication or cosmetics)
  4. to apply (medication or cosmetics) (to oneself)
  5. to rest, to stay
  6. to get, to become, to turn
  7. to put on
  8. to start an action

In Catalan

  1. Col·locar alguna cosa a algun lloc o situació o al grau que li pertoca.
  2. Dedicar-hi un temps determinat.
  3. Treure de nou.
  4. Suposar.
  5. Deposar-se al fons del recipient les substàncies en suspensió d'un líquid.
  6. Començar alguna acció, començar a fer.
  7. Allotjar-se, hostatjar-se.
  8. Deixar de volar un ocell parant-se sobre algun lloc.
  9. Adoptar una actitud per fer de model a un artista.

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.

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