posar

Meaning

1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to put, to place
2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to set
3. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to apply (medication or cosmetics)
4. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, reflexive) to apply (medication or cosmetics) (to oneself)
5. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive) to rest, to stay
6. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, pronominal) to get, to become, to turn
7. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, pronominal) to put on

Concepts

put

set

lay

place

lay down

put down

pose

put on

position

posture

apply

sit

🪑

name

nominate

locate

instal

install

introduce

let

light

make

make use of

model

order

paste

perch

play

practice

put away

put in

put onto

run

seat

💺

set up

add

stage

stow

turn to account

use

pass oneself off

sit down

administer

alight

append

appoint

arrange

assign

attach

constitute

employ

Synonyms

ficar

collocar

anomenar

dir

🗣️

fer

proposar

col·locar

designar

parar-se

nominar

installar

muntar

ordenar

organitzar

pondre

asseure’s

usar

utilitzar

asseure

💺

encastar

encimbellar-se

instal·lar

posar-se

assignar

construir

situar

emprar

metre

aplicar

gastar per l’us

Translations

poner

mettere

mettre

pôr

legen

colocar

setzen

poser

stellen

zetten

porre

colocar

placer

βάζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

[puˈza]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: pono

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan posar, from Late Latin pausāre (“halt, rest”), likely influenced in meaning by Latin pōnere ("put"; cf. inflections such as posui). Doublet of pausar, a borrowing from Latin.

Sentences

Quan es va morir , Vespasià va posar un cert nombre de concubines al seu lloc .

When he died, Vespasian put a number of concubines in his place.