pousada
English
Etymology
From Portuguese pousada.
Noun
pousada (plural pousadas)
- a Portuguese inn
- 2007 July 22, “Letters to the Editor”, in New York Times:
- This pousada has several rooms that are a short hike from the main building, which is perched above the vineyards.
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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pousada, from pousar (“to rest”) + -ada, from Latin pausāre, from pausō (“I halt”). Cognate with Portuguese pousada and Spanish posada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /powˈsaða̝/
Noun
pousada f (plural pousadas)
- inn; lodging
- 1408, José-Luis Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 320:
- E quando e cada que y chegar o prior et freyres do dicto moesterio darlles pousada e cama e sal e fogo e agoa
- And when and every time the prior and friars of the aforementioned Abby go there, you will give them lodging and bed and salt and fire and water
- E quando e cada que y chegar o prior et freyres do dicto moesterio darlles pousada e cama e sal e fogo e agoa
- Synonyms: albergue, hospedaxe
- 1408, José-Luis Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 320:
- (archaic) dwelling, residence
- 1385, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 246:
- Outrosí, fazedes prender os notarios e tomarlles e roubarlles quanto teen nas pousadas e tomarlles as escrituras e priualos dos ofiçios.
- Ana also, you make them imprison the notaries, and to take and rob everything that they have in their residences and to take their charters and to deprive them of their offices
- Outrosí, fazedes prender os notarios e tomarlles e roubarlles quanto teen nas pousadas e tomarlles as escrituras e priualos dos ofiçios.
- 1385, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 246:
- (archaic) seat, sitting place
- shelf, corbel
- a group of four sheaves of wheat, rye, etc
Related terms
- pousa
- Pousada
- Pousadela
- pousar
References
- “pousada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “pousada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “pousada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “pousada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pousada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- poisada
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pousada, from pousar (“to rest”) + -ada, from Latin pausāre, from pausō (“I halt”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /po(w).ˈza.da/, /po(w).ˈza.dɐ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /po(w).ˈza.ðɐ/
- Hyphenation: pou‧sa‧da
Noun
pousada f (plural pousadas)
- inn (establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink)
- Synonyms: albergue, estalagem, hospedaria
- stay (period of time spent in a place)
- Synonyms: estada, estadia, permanência
Related terms
- pausa
- pausar
- pousado
- pousar
- pouso
Descendants
- → English: pousada
Verb
pousada
- feminine singular past participle of pousar