# posar
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* pousar
* aposar
* apousar

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin pausāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈsaɾ/ [poˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: po‧sar

### Verb

posar (first-person singular indicative present poso, past participle posáu)
* (transitive) to leave, put, place, drop (something that's being carried or worn)
    Synonyms: apoxar, dexar, poner
    Antonym: coyer
    Posa les caxes endeLeave the boxes there
    Posa esi paluDrop that stick
** 1925, D. Carlos de la Concha y García Ciaño, Los sueños de probe Lín‎:Pero / tú, fusti tan brava / Que non dexasti que naide / En tí posara so planta.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive) to take off a piece of clothing
    Synonyms: quitar, desabrigar, desmangar, desatafañar
    Antonym: poner
    Posa la chaqueta que tas dientro casaTake off the jacket, you are indoors
* to descend, get down
    Synonyms: baxar, amiyar
    Antonym: xubir
    Pósate d'ehí que vas cayerGet down from there, you'll fall
* to alight, dismount, get off (someone else from a vehicle)
    Synonym: baxar
    Antonym: xubir
    Pósalu del cocheGet him off the car
* (reflexive) to get off, alight, land
    Synonym: baxar
    Antonym: xubir
    Yo pósome nesta paradaI get off at this (bus) stop
** 1889, Teodoro Cuesta, A mió má la d'el cielu‎:Entaman á esnalar les paxarines / Sortiendo del so picu les dolzures, / Se aposan n'el teyau les arandines, / Gorgutiendo sos parllas y veyures,(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (intransitive) to stop to rest, to sit or lay (especially on the ground or when travelling)
    Synonyms: aparar, descansar, alendar, aselar, reposar
    Posó y yá nun se movió másHe/She stopped and didn't move anymore
** 1639, Antón de Marirreguera, Pleitu ente Uvieo y Mérida poles cenices de Santa Olaya‎:Cuando examen les abeyes / Y posen de flor en flor , / Si les escurren s'espanten, / Vanse y non facen llabor, / Dexando el caxello vieyo / Pa buscar otro meyor.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive) to give birth
    Synonym: parir
    Foi posalu al hospital xeneralShe went to give birth at the general hospital
* to forget, to get out of one's head (an idea)
    Synonyms: escaecer, echar
    Nun soi a posar mio padre del pensamientuI can't forget my father from my mind
    Posa eses idees de la cabezaGet those ideas out of your head
* to rest (food or liquid)
    Synonym: reposar
    Hai de dexar posar el pan enantes metelu en fornuYou have to let the bread rest before putting it in the oven
* to pose
    Xandru posó pa una semeyaXandru posed for a photo

#### Derived terms

* tar pa posalo

#### Related terms

* aposentar
* reposar
* posa
* posada
* posaderes
* posaderu
* posadoriu
* anteposar
* posafuelles

## Catalan
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [puˈza]
* IPA: (Balearic) [poˈza]
* IPA: (Valencia) [poˈzaɾ]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: po‧sar
* Homophone: posà (except Valencian)

### Verb

posar (first-person singular present poso, first-person singular preterite posí, past participle posat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive) to put, to place
* (transitive) to set
* (transitive) to apply (medication or cosmetics)
* (reflexive) to apply (medication or cosmetics) (to oneself)
* (intransitive) to rest, to stay
* (pronominal) to get, to become, to turn
* (pronominal) to put on

#### Synonyms

* (put): metre, ficar
* (place): plaçar, emplaçar, ubicar, situar
* (stay): quedar-se

#### Derived terms

* posar-se
* posar al dia
* posar en quarantena
* reposar

#### Related terms

* anteposar
* aposar
* composar
* contraposar
* deposar
* disposar
* exposar
* imposar
* juxtaposar
* oposar
* posició
* positiu
* posposar
* proposar
* superposar
* suposar
* transposar

### References

* “posar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “posar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “posar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “posar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

posar m
* indefinite plural of pose

## Occitan
### Etymology

From potz (“a well”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Verb

posar
* to draw (water from a well)

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French poser, from Latin pausāre. Doublet of pousar and pausar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈza(ʁ)/ [poˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈza(ʁ)/ [poˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /poˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /poˈza(ʁ)/ [poˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /poˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /poˈzaɾ/, /pɔˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /poˈzaɾ/, /pɔˈzaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /poˈza.ɾi/, /pɔˈza.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: po‧sar

### Verb

posar (first-person singular present poso, first-person singular preterite posei, past participle posado)
* to pose
    Maria posou para a foto. ― Maria posed for a picture.
* Misspelling of pousar.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### References

* ↑ “posar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “posar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin pausāre. Compare the borrowed doublet pausar. Cognate with English pose and pause.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈsaɾ/ [poˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: po‧sar

### Verb

posar (first-person singular present poso, first-person singular preterite posé, past participle posado)
* to pose
* to stay or lodge in a habitation
* to rest on a surface

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* posabotellas (“bottle coaster”)
* posavasos

### Further reading

* “posar”, 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