posada

See also: Appendix:Variations of "posada"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish posar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish posadabor.

English posada

Borrowed from Spanish posada.

Noun

posada (plural posadas)

1. A traditional Mexican Christmas procession.
   • 2008 December 24, Judith Lerner, “A chef's menu stirs Christmas memories”, in Berkshire Eagle‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2016:

     They make a posada for the kids over there.

2. An inn in Spanish-speaking regions.

Further reading

• Las Posadas

Asturian

Alternative forms

• pousada (Western, dialectal)
• posá, posaa (Central, pronunciation spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈsada/ [poˈsa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: po‧sa‧da

Noun

posada f (plural posaes)

1. inn

   Synonyms: venta, pensión

2. lodging

   Synonym: agospiu

   dar posada ― to give [someone] a place to stay

Related terms

• posaderu

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “posada”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “posada”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [puˈza.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈza.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [poˈza.ða]

Noun

posada f (plural posades)

1. putting, placing, staging
2. stay (act of staying in a locale)
3. inn
4. house, residence
5. (Mallorca, Menorca) pied-à-terre

Participle

posada f sg

1. feminine singular of posat

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from posadit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈposada]

Noun

posada f (diminutive posádka)

1. pen, coop, hutch

Declension

Declension of posada (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	posada	posady
genitive	posady	posad
dative	posadě	posadám
accusative	posadu	posady
vocative	posado	posady
locative	posadě	posadách
instrumental	posadou	posadami

Further reading

• “posada”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “posada”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “posada”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from posadzić. Calque of German Stellung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈsa.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: po‧sa‧da

Noun

posada f (diminutive posadka)

1. situation, job, position, post
2. (archaic) foundation

Declension

Declension of posada

	singular	plural
nominative	posada	posady
genitive	posady	posad
dative	posadzie	posadom
accusative	posadę	posady
instrumental	posadą	posadami
locative	posadzie	posadach
vocative	posado	posady

Further reading

• “posada”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “posada”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Deverbal from posaditi, influenced by Czech posádka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôsada/
• Hyphenation: po‧sa‧da

Noun

pȍsada f (Cyrillic spelling по̏сада)

1. crew (of a ship, airplane, etc.)

Declension

Declension of posada

	singular	plural
nominative	posada	posade
genitive	posade	posada
dative	posadi	posadama
accusative	posadu	posade
vocative	posado	posade
locative	posadi	posadama
instrumental	posadom	posadama

References

• “posada”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish posar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish posada

From posar + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈsada/ [poˈsa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: po‧sa‧da

Noun

posada f (plural posadas)

1. hotel, inn

   Synonym: fonda

Related terms

• posar
• reposar
• reposo

Participle

posada f sg

1. feminine singular of posado

Further reading

• “posada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025