poza

See also: Poza, poză, póza, poza-, and pozą

Galician

Poza da Moura ("Pool of the enchanted lady"), Vilaboa, Galicia

Etymology

From pozo, from Old Galician-Portuguese poço, from Latin puteus. Cognate with Portuguese poça and Spanish poza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoθa̝/, (western) /ˈposa̝/

Noun

poza m (plural pozas)

1. pool in a river
   • 1402, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., p. 167:

     et mays uos aforamos a noſa leyra da Ujna Uella que jaz ſobre lo canal commo uay topar enna poça de Caalles

     and we also lend you our field of Viña Vella, which is by the channel, as it comes into the pool of Canles

   Synonyms: corgo, laga

2. puddle

   Synonyms: chagorza, porraca, chanca, trolleira, pozarca, laguceiro, lumedeiro

3. tidal pool

Derived terms

• empozar
• furapozas
• Poza

References

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

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese esposa.

Noun

poza

1. wife

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.za/

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• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Syllabification: po‧za
• Homophone: poza-

Etymology 1

Preposition

poza

1. (+ instrumental) beyond, out of (denotes location)

   Nie namierzymy go. Jest poza zasięgiem. ― We cannot trace him. He's out of range.

2. (+ accusative) beyond, out of (denotes movement)

   Piłka wyleciała poza boisko. ― The ball flew out of the pitch.

3. (+ instrumental) except

Related terms

• poza tym
• poza-
• spoza

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pose.

Noun

poza f

1. pose, posture

   Synonym: postawa

Declension

Declension of poza

	singular	plural
nominative	poza	pozy
genitive	pozy	póz
dative	pozie	pozom
accusative	pozę	pozy
instrumental	pozą	pozami
locative	pozie	pozach
vocative	pozo	pozy

Further reading

• poza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• poza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French poser.

Verb

a poza (third-person singular present pozează, past participle pozat) 1st conj.

1. to pose
2. to take a photo

Conjugation

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

infinitive			a poza
gerund			pozând
past participle			pozat
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	pozez	pozezi	pozează	pozăm	pozați	pozează
	imperfect	pozam	pozai	poza	pozam	pozați	pozau
	simple perfect	pozai	pozași	poză	pozarăm	pozarăți	pozară
	pluperfect	pozasem	pozaseși	pozase	pozaserăm	pozaserăți	pozaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pozez	să pozezi	să pozeze	să pozăm	să pozați	să pozeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pozează			pozați
	negative		nu poza			nu pozați

Spanish

Etymology

From pozo, from Latin puteus (“pit, well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈpoθa/ [ˈpo.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈposa/ [ˈpo.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -oθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: po‧za

Noun

poza f (plural pozas)

1. puddle
2. backwater

Derived terms

• poza de marea

 

Further reading

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