pousa

See also: Pousa

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from pousar; alternatively, directly from Latin pausa (“pause, stop”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis). Doublet of pausa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpowsa̝/

Noun

pousa f (plural pousas)

1. (dated) countryside villa; farm

   Synonym: quinta

2. stop, rest, pause

   Synonym: pausa

Derived terms

• Pousa

Related terms

• pousada
• pousar

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

pousa

1. inflection of pousar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).zɐ/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯).zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).zɐ/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯).zɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).za/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯).za]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).zɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.zɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: pou‧sa
• Rhymes: -owzɐ, -ozɐ

Verb

pousa

1. inflection of pousar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative