pousa

See also: Pousa

Galician

Etymology

Back-formation from pousar; alternatively, directly from Latin pausa (“pause, stop”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis). Doublet of pausa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpowsa̝/

Noun

pousa f (plural pousas)

  1. (dated) countryside villa; farm
    Synonym: quinta
  2. stop, rest, pause
    Synonym: pausa

Derived terms
  • Pousa

References
  • “pousa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “pousa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “pousa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “pousa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “pousa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Verb

pousa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of pousar
  2. second-person singular imperative of pousar
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