pousada

English

Etymology

From Portuguese pousada.

Noun

pousada (plural pousadas)

1. a Portuguese inn
   • 2007 July 22, “Letters to the Editor”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     This pousada has several rooms that are a short hike from the main building, which is perched above the vineyards.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-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)

1. inn; lodging

   Synonyms: albergue, hospedaxe

   • 1408, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, 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

2. (archaic) dwelling, residence
   • 1385, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, 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

3. (archaic) seat, sitting place
4. shelf, corbel
5. a group of four sheaves of wheat, rye, etc

Related terms

• pousa
• Pousada
• Pousadela
• pousar

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• poisada

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pousada, from pousar (“to rest”) + -ada, from Latin pausāre (“to halt”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza.dɐ/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈza.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza.dɐ/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈza.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza.da/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈza.da]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza.dɐ/ [po(w)ˈza.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈza.dɐ/ [po(w)ˈza.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /powˈza.dɐ/ [powˈza.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /poˈza.dɐ/ [poˈza.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: pou‧sa‧da

Noun

pousada f (plural pousadas)

1. inn (establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink)

   Synonyms: albergue, estalagem, hospedaria

2. stay (period of time spent in a place)

   Synonyms: estada, estadia, permanência

Related terms

• pausa
• pausar
• pousado
• pousar
• pouso

 

Descendants

• → English: pousada

Participle

pousada f sg

1. feminine singular of pousado