poza

See also: Poza and poză

Galician

Poza da Moura ("Pool of the enchanted lady"), Vilaboa, Galicia

Etymology

From pozo, from Old Galician and Old Portuguese poço, from Latin puteus. Cognate with Portuguese poça and Spanish poza.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoθa̝/, (western) /ˈposa̝/

Noun

poza m (plural pozas)

  1. pool in a river
    • 1402, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., p. 167:
      et mays uos aforamos a noſa leyra da Ujna Uella que jaz ſobre lo canal commo uay topar enna poça de Caalles
      and we also lend you our field of Viña Vella, which is by the channel, as it comes into the pool of Canles
    Synonyms: corgo, laga
  2. puddle
    Synonym: charco
  3. tidal pool

Derived terms

References

  • poça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • poza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • poza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • poza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. pozo.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese esposa.

Noun

poza

  1. wife

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.za/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Preposition

poza

  1. (+ instrumental) beyond, out of (denotes location)
    Nie namierzymy go. Jest poza zasięgiem.
    We cannot trace him. He's out of range.
  2. (+ accusative) beyond, out of (denotes movement)
    Piłka wyleciała poza boisko.
    The ball flew out of the pitch.
  3. (+ instrumental) except

Etymology 2

From French pose

Noun

poza f

  1. pose, posture
Declension
Synonyms
  • (posture): postawa

Further reading

  • poza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

poza f (plural pozas)

  1. puddle
  2. backwater
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