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posta.

slice or chop of fish or other meat

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Portugal
  1. slice or chop of fish or other meat

    feminine
  2. profitable job

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Nominalization of the feminine past participle.

noun/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Portugal
  1. mail, postal service

    feminine
  2. station of horses on the road that served as an inn or restaurant for travelers

    dated · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin posita Italian postabor. Portuguese posta Borrowed from Italian posta.

verb/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Portugal
  1. feminine singular of posto

    feminine · form-of · participle · singular
noun/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Portugal
  1. alternative form of bosta (“shit”)

    alt-of · alternative · dialectal · feminine
Where this word comes from

Variation of bosta.

verb/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔs.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of postar: third-person singular present indicative

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

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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