pousar

Galician

Alternative forms

• apousar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pousar, from Latin pausāre. Cognate of pausar, a borrowed doublet.

Compare Portuguese pousar and Spanish posar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /powˈsaɾ/

Verb

pousar (first-person singular present pouso, first-person singular preterite pousei, past participle pousado)

1. (intransitive) to land, alight
2. (transitive) to place
3. (intransitive) to lodge, stay, overnight
   • 1275, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 259:

     este Johan Arias foynos pousar enun nosso lugar, que chaman Santome de Sumeo, cum omes e cum armas e filounolo forçadamente e sen dereyto e e morou y un mes e tomounolo e filounos quanto y achou

     this Xoán Arias came to stay in a hamlet of us, called Santomé de Sumeo, with men and weapons, and he took it from us forcibly and lawlessly, and he dwelt there for a month and he took and had everything he found there

4. (intransitive) to stop

   Pousa, fedello! ― Stop it, brat!

5. (transitive) to unload

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pousar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pousar
Personal	pousar	pousares	pousar	pousarmos	pousardes	pousaren
Gerund
	pousando
Past participle
Masculine	pousado			pousados
Feminine	pousada			pousadas
Indicative
Present	pouso	pousas	pousa	pousamos	pousades	pousan
Imperfect	pousaba	pousabas	pousaba	pousabamos	pousabades	pousaban
Preterite	pousei	pousaches	pousou	pousamos	pousastes	pousaron
Pluperfect	pousara	pousaras	pousara	pousaramos	pousarades	pousaran
Future	pousarei	pousarás	pousará	pousaremos	pousaredes	pousarán
Conditional	pousaría	pousarías	pousaría	pousariamos	pousariades	pousarían
Subjunctive
Present	pouse	pouses	pouse	pousemos	pousedes	pousen
Imperfect	pousase	pousases	pousase	pousásemos	pousásedes	pousasen
Future	pousar	pousares	pousar	pousarmos	pousardes	pousaren
Imperative
Affirmative		pousa	pouse	pousemos	pousade	pousen
Negative (non)		non pouses	non pouse	non pousemos	non pousedes	non pousen

    Reintegrated conjugation of pousar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pousar
Personal	pousar	pousares	pousar	pousarmos	pousardes	pousarem
Gerund
	pousando
Past participle
Masculine	pousado			pousados
Feminine	pousada			pousadas
Indicative
Present	pouso	pousas	pousa	pousamos	pousades, pousais	pousam
Imperfect	pousava	pousavas	pousava	pousávamos	pousávades, pousáveis, pousávais1	pousavam
Preterite	pousei	pousaste, pousache1	pousou	pousamos	pousastes	pousárom, pousaram
Pluperfect	pousara	pousaras	pousara	pousáramos	pousárades, pousáreis, pousárais1	pousaram
Future	pousarei	pousarás	pousará	pousaremos	pousaredes, pousareis	pousarám, pousarão
Conditional	pousaria	pousarias	pousaria	pousaríamos	pousaríades, pousaríeis, pousaríais1	pousariam
Subjunctive
Present	pouse	pouses	pouse	pousemos	pousedes, pouseis	pousem
Imperfect	pousasse	pousasses	pousasse	pousássemos	pousássedes, pousásseis	pousassem
Future	pousar	pousares	pousar	pousarmos	pousardes	pousarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pousa	pouse	pousemos	pousade, pousai	pousem
Negative (nom)		nom pouses	nom pouse	nom pousemos	nom pousedes, nom pouseis	nom pousem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• pousada
• pousadoiro
• Pousadoiro
• Pousafoles
• Pousiño
• Pouso
• repousar

References

• “pousar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pousar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pousar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pousar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pousar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “pousar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pausāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pou̯ˈzaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

pousar

1. to place
2. to lodge, stay, overnight

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pousar

infinitive		simple		pousar
		compound		infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
gerund		simple		pousando
		compound		gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		pousado		pousada
		feminine		pousados		pousadas
present participle				pousante		pousantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	pouso	pousas	pousa	pousamos	pousades	pousam3, pousan4
	imperfect	pousava	pousavas	pousava	pousavamos	pousavades	pousavam3, pousavan4
	preterite	pousei	pousaste3, pousasche4	pousou	pousamos	pousastes	pousarom3, pousaron4
	pluperfect	pousara	pousaras	pousara	pousaramos	pousarades	pousaram3, pousaran4
	future	pousarei	pousarás	pousará	pousaremos	pousaredes	pousarám3, pousarán4
	conditional	pousaria	pousarias	pousaria	pousariamos	pousariades	pousariam3, pousarian4
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	pouse	pouses	pouse	pousemos	pousedes	pousem3, pousen4
	preterite	pousasse	pousasses	pousasse	pousássemos	pousássedes	pousassem3, pousassen4
	future	pousar	pousares	pousar	pousarmos	pousardes	pousarem3, pousaren4
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	pousa	pouse	pousemos	pousade	—
negative		—	non pouses	non pouse	non pousemos	non pousedes	—
personal infinitive		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		pousar	pousares	pousar	pousarmos	pousardes	pousarem3, pousaren4
1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". 3 Less common in Galicia 4 Less common in Portugal

Descendants

• Galician: pousar
• Portuguese: pousar, poisar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "pousar"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• poisar

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pousar, from Latin pausāre. Doublet of pausar and posar. Compare Galician pousar and Spanish posar. Its fourth sense may be a Spanish influence from posar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza(ʁ)/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza(ʁ)/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza(ɾ)/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈza(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza(ʁ)/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza(ɻ)/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈza(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈzaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /powˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /poˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pou‧sar

Verb

pousar (first-person singular present pouso, first-person singular preterite pousei, past participle pousado)

1. to put down, lay down
2. to place
3. to land, alight
4. (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) to sleep over

   Pousei no Pedro ontem e nós acabamos ficando. ― I slept over at Peter's last night and we ended up making out.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pousar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pousar
Personal	pousar	pousares	pousar	pousarmos	pousardes	pousarem
Gerund
	pousando
Past participle
Masculine	pousado			pousados
Feminine	pousada			pousadas
Indicative
Present	pouso	pousas	pousa	pousamos	pousais	pousam
Imperfect	pousava	pousavas	pousava	pousávamos	pousáveis	pousavam
Preterite	pousei	pousaste	pousou	pousamos1, pousámos2	pousastes	pousaram
Pluperfect	pousara	pousaras	pousara	pousáramos	pousáreis	pousaram
Future	pousarei	pousarás	pousará	pousaremos	pousareis	pousarão
Conditional	pousaria	pousarias	pousaria	pousaríamos	pousaríeis	pousariam
Subjunctive
Present	pouse	pouses	pouse	pousemos	pouseis	pousem
Imperfect	pousasse	pousasses	pousasse	pousássemos	pousásseis	pousassem
Future	pousar	pousares	pousar	pousarmos	pousardes	pousarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pousa	pouse	pousemos	pousai	pousem
Negative (não)		não pouses	não pouse	não pousemos	não pouseis	não pousem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pousar.