posta

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔs.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔs.ta]

posta f (plural postes)

1. post (an assigned station)
2. setting

   posta de sol ― sunset

3. laying (the act of laying an egg)

• a posta

posta f sg

1. feminine singular of post

• “posta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “posta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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

1. later, posterior

posta

1. third-person singular past historic of poster

• optas, posât

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tɐ]

posta f (plural postas)

1. serving, slice, cut

   Synonym: toro

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

• poñer
• por

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “posta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “posta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “posta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “posta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “posta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin positus.^[1]

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

posta (plural posták)

1. mail, post
2. post office

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

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

posta

1. mail (that arrives in the mailbox)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpˠɔsˠt̪ˠə]

posta m (genitive singular posta, nominative plural postaí)

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

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.

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".^[1] Doublet of posta (feminine past participle of porre).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/^[2]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta

posta f (plural poste)

1. mail, post
2. post office

   Synonym: ufficio postale

3. (games) stakes

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/, (traditional) /ˈpo.sta/^[2]
• Rhymes: -ɔsta, (traditional) -osta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta, (traditional) pó‧sta

posta f (plural poste)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.sta/, /ˈpɔ.sta/^[2]
• Rhymes: -osta, -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pó‧sta, pò‧sta

posta

1. feminine singular of posto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/, /ˈpo.sta/^[3]
• Rhymes: -ɔsta, -osta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta, pó‧sta

posta

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

posta

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

• Tapso, pasto, patos, spato

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

posta m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of post

posta f sg

1. feminine singular of posto

Nominalization of the feminine past participle.

posta f (plural postas)

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

• arrotar postas de pescada
• fazer em postas

Borrowed from Italian posta.

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

Variation of bosta.

posta f (plural postas)

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

posta

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

Borrowed from French poster.

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

1. to post
2. to settle

• post

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

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

1. postman, mailman, letter carrier

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “posta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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

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

posta m 

1. post

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈposta/ [ˈpos.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -osta
• Syllabification: pos‧ta

posta

1. really, truth

posta f (plural postas)

1. slug (a bullet)
2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

posta m or f by sense (plural postas)

1. courier

• “posta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from English post.^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

posta (n class, plural posta)

1. post office

post +‎ -a

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

1. to put (something) in the mail (for delivery); to post, to mail, to send

   posta ett brev

   put a letter in the mail

   posta ett brev till någon

   send a letter to someone [more commonly expressed with skicka (“send”) unless emphasizing putting the letter in the mail]

   (literally, “post a letter to someone”)

2. (Internet) to post (on an internet forum or social media)

   Synonym: (4chan slang) breva

• postare

• inlägg
• kommentar
• mejla
• skicka

• posta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• posta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• posta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• sopat, topas

From English poster.

posta

1. poster

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

• IPA^(key): /posˈtɑ/

• Audio:

  (file)

posta (definite accusative postayı, plural postalar)

1. mail, post

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

• e-posta
• postalamak

• postane