pousa

See also: Pousa

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Related terms

• pousada
• pousar

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

pousa

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).zɐ/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯).zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).zɐ/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯).zɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).za/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯).za]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(w).zɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.zɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: pou‧sa
• Rhymes: -owzɐ, -ozɐ

Verb

pousa

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