pousar

Meaning

1. to put down, lay down
2. to place
3. to land, alight
4. (Brazil) to sleep over

Concepts

alight

land

descend

fall

put down

go down

ground

put back down

light

perch

sag

set down

settle

sink

swoop

come down

climb down

drop

fall down

Synonyms

aterrissar

descer

aterrar

baixar

descender

desembarcar

parar

🛑

aceso

Translations

descendre

atterrir

aterrizar

landen

landen

descender

scendere

posarse

se poser

tomber

descendir

posarsi

discendere

تدنى

Pronounced as (IPA)

/po(w)ˈza(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: pauso

Cognate with Galician: pousar

Cognate with Spanish: posar

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pousar, from Latin pausāre. Doublet of pausar and posar. Compare Galician pousar and Spanish posar. Its fourth sense may be a Spanish influence from posar.