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posar.

to put, to place

5 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[puˈza]Central, Northern[poˈza]Balearic, Northwestern[poˈzaɾ]Valencia
  1. to put, to place

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · transitive
  2. to set

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · transitive
  3. to apply (medication or cosmetics)

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · transitive
  4. to apply (medication or cosmetics) (to oneself)

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · reflexive
  5. to rest, to stay

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · intransitive
  6. to get, to become, to turn

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · pronominal
  7. to put on

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · pronominal
  8. to start an action

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · pronominal
    Posar-se a plorar.
    Em vaig posar a riure.
Where this word comes from

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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