posta

See also: pošta, pósta, pòsta, pösta, and poștă

Catalan

Noun

posta f (plural postes)

1. post (an assigned station)
2. setting

   posta de sol ― sunset

3. laying (the act of laying an egg)

Derived terms

• a posta

Further reading

• “posta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “posta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “posta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “posta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Esperanto

Adjective

posta (accusative singular postan, plural postaj, accusative plural postajn)

1. later, posterior

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French

Verb

posta

1. third-person singular past historic of poster

Anagrams

• optas, posât

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Galician

Unha posta de bacallao [a serving of codfish]

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese posta (“slice, piece”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin positus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tɐ]

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

1. serving, slice, cut

   Synonym: toro

2. fishery
3. setting
4. laying (the act of laying an egg)

Related terms

• poñer
• por

References

• “posta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “posta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “posta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “posta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “posta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin positus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoʃtɒ]
• Hyphenation: pos‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

posta (plural posták)

1. mail, post
2. post office

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	posta	posták
accusative	postát	postákat
dative	postának	postáknak
instrumental	postával	postákkal
causal-final	postáért	postákért
translative	postává	postákká
terminative	postáig	postákig
essive-formal	postaként	postákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	postában	postákban
superessive	postán	postákon
adessive	postánál	postáknál
illative	postába	postákba
sublative	postára	postákra
allative	postához	postákhoz
elative	postából	postákból
delative	postáról	postákról
ablative	postától	postáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	postáé	postáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	postáéi	postákéi

Possessive forms of posta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	postám	postáim
2nd person sing.	postád	postáid
3rd person sing.	postája	postái
1st person plural	postánk	postáink
2nd person plural	postátok	postáitok
3rd person plural	postájuk	postáik

Derived terms

• postai
• postás
• postáz

 

Compound words

• főposta
• hangposta
• légiposta
• postabélyeg
• postafiók
• postahivatal
• postakocsi
• postaláda

 

Further reading

• posta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Interlingua

Noun

posta

1. mail (that arrives in the mailbox)

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpˠɔsˠt̪ˠə]

Noun

posta m (genitive singular posta, nominative plural postaí)

1. Cois Fharraige form of post
2. vocative plural of post

Declension

Declension of posta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative posta postaí Vocative a phosta a phostaí Genitive posta postaí Dative posta postaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an posta na postaí Genitive an phosta na bpostaí Dative leis an bposta don phosta leis na postaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
posta	phosta	bposta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin posita, feminine singular of positus, past participle of pōnō (“to put”). Originally, "post for horses or for mooring ships", then "stopping place for coaches on a journey, way station". Doublet of posta (feminine past participle of porre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta

Noun

posta f (plural poste)

1. mail, post
2. post office

   Synonym: ufficio postale

3. (games) stakes

Derived terms

• a bella posta
• fare la posta
• fermoposta
• impostare
• postacelere
• postagiro
• posta in gioco
• postale
• postino

 

Descendants

All are borrowed.

• Cimbrian: post
• Cornish: post
• Czech: pošta
• Middle French: poste
  • French: poste
    • → Breton: post
    • → Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa)
    • → Persian: پست‎ (post)
  • Norman: poste
  • → Dutch: post
    • Afrikaans: pos
    • → Caribbean Javanese: pos
    • → Indonesian: pos
      • → Petjo: pos
    • → Papiamentu: pòst
  • → English: post (see there for further descendants)
• German: Post
• Hungarian: posta
• Luxembourgish: Post
• Macedonian: пошта (pošta)
• Mòcheno: post
• Norwegian: post
• Polish: poczta
  • → Belarusian: по́шта (póšta)
  • → Russian: по́чта (póčta)
    • → Abkhaz: аԥошьҭа (apošta)
    • → Azerbaijani: poçt
    • → Armenian: փոշտ (pʿošt)
    • → Kazakh: пошта (poşta)
    • → Kildin Sami: пошта (pošta)
    • → Kyrgyz: почта (poçta)
    • → Romanian: poștă
    • → Turkmen: poçta
    • → Uyghur: پوچتا‎ (pochta)
    • → Uzbek: pochta
    • → Yakut: буоста (buosta)
    • → Yakut: почта (poçta)
  • → Ukrainian: по́шта (póšta)
  • → Lithuanian: paštas
• Scottish Gaelic: posta, post
• Slovak: pošta
• Swedish: post
• Ottoman Turkish: پوسته‎ (posta)
  • Turkish: posta
• Vilamovian: pöst
• West Frisian: post

Etymology 2

From the feminine singular of posto, past participle of porre (“to put, to lay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/, (traditional) /ˈpo.sta/
• Rhymes: -ɔsta, (traditional) -osta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta, (traditional) pó‧sta

Noun

posta f (plural poste)

1. (archaic or popular, Tuscan) act of laying or putting, esp. of eggs
2. (archaic) act of giving a name, christening
3. (archaic) footprint, track

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.sta/, /ˈpɔ.sta/
• Rhymes: -osta, -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pó‧sta, pò‧sta

Participle

posta

1. feminine singular of posto

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/, /ˈpo.sta/
• Rhymes: -ɔsta, -osta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta, pó‧sta

Verb

posta

1. inflection of postare (“to post (an email, etc.; Internet)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/
• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta

Verb

posta

1. inflection of postare (“to post (sentries, etc.; military)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Tapso, pasto, patos, spato

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Syllabification: pos‧ta

Noun

posta m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of post

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/

Etymology 1

Participle

posta

1. feminine singular past participle of pôr

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the feminine past participle.

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

1. slice or chop of fish or other meat
2. profitable job

Derived terms

• arrotar postas de pescada
• fazer em postas

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian posta.

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

1. mail, postal service
2. (dated) station of horses on the road that served as an inn or restaurant for travalers

Etymology 4

Variation of bosta.

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of bosta (“shit”)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French poster.

Verb

a posta (third-person singular present postează, past participle postat) 1st conj.

1. to post
2. to settle

Conjugation

    conjugation of posta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a posta
gerund			postând
past participle			postat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	postez	postezi	postează	postăm	postați	postează
	imperfect	postam	postai	posta	postam	postați	postau
	simple perfect	postai	postași	postă	postarăm	postarăți	postară
	pluperfect	postasem	postaseși	postase	postaserăm	postaserăți	postaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să postez	să postezi	să posteze	să postăm	să postați	să posteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		postează			postați
	negative		nu posta			nu postați

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• post

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

posta m (genitive singular posta, plural postachan or postaichean)

1. postman, mailman, letter carrier

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
posta	phosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “posta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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Sidamo

Etymology

Borrowed form Amharic ፖስታ (posta), borrowed from Italian posta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfosta/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ta

Noun

posta m 

1. post

References

• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “posta”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

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Spanish

Interjection

posta

1. really, truth

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

1. slug (a bullet)
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Derived terms

• a posta

Noun

posta m or f (plural postas)

1. courier

Further reading

• “posta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swahili

Etymology

From English post.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

posta (n class, plural posta)

1. post office

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Swedish

Etymology

post +‎ -a

Verb

posta (present postar, preterite postade, supine postat, imperative posta)

1. to post, to mail, to send a mail; to put a letter in the letterbox

Conjugation

Conjugation of posta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	posta		postas
Supine	postat		postats
Imperative	posta		—
Imper. plural1	posten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	postar	postade	postas	postades
Ind. plural1	posta	postade	postas	postades
Subjunctive2	poste	postade	postes	postades
	Participles
Present participle	postande
Past participle	postad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• posta ett brev
• postning

Anagrams

• sopat, topas

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English poster.

Noun

posta

1. poster

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پوسته‎ (posta, “mail”), Italian posta (“mail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.ta/

Noun

posta (definite accusative postayı, plural postalar)

1. mail, post

Derived terms

• e-posta
• postalamak

Related terms

• postane

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	posta
Definite accusative	postayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	posta	postalar
Definite accusative	postayı	postaları
Dative	postaya	postalara
Locative	postada	postalarda
Ablative	postadan	postalardan
Genitive	postanın	postaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular postam postalarım 2nd singular postan postaların 3rd singular postası postaları 1st plural postamız postalarımız 2nd plural postanız postalarınız 3rd plural postaları postaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular postamı postalarımı 2nd singular postanı postalarını 3rd singular postasını postalarını 1st plural postamızı postalarımızı 2nd plural postanızı postalarınızı 3rd plural postalarını postalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular postama postalarıma 2nd singular postana postalarına 3rd singular postasına postalarına 1st plural postamıza postalarımıza 2nd plural postanıza postalarınıza 3rd plural postalarına postalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular postamda postalarımda 2nd singular postanda postalarında 3rd singular postasında postalarında 1st plural postamızda postalarımızda 2nd plural postanızda postalarınızda 3rd plural postalarında postalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular postamdan postalarımdan 2nd singular postandan postalarından 3rd singular postasından postalarından 1st plural postamızdan postalarımızdan 2nd plural postanızdan postalarınızdan 3rd plural postalarından postalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular postamın postalarımın 2nd singular postanın postalarının 3rd singular postasının postalarının 1st plural postamızın postalarımızın 2nd plural postanızın postalarınızın 3rd plural postalarının postalarının