posta

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔs.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔs.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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posta f (plural postes)

1. post (an assigned station)
2. setting

   posta de sol ― sunset

3. laying (the act of laying an egg)

• a posta

posta f sg

1. feminine singular of post

• “posta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “posta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “posta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “posta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /ˈposta/
• Rhymes: -osta
• Syllabification: pos‧ta

posta (accusative singular postan, plural postaj, accusative plural postajn)

1. later, posterior

posta

1. third-person singular past historic of poster

• optas, posât

From Old Galician-Portuguese posta (“slice, piece”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin positus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tɐ]

posta f (plural postas)

1. serving, slice, cut

   Synonym: toro

2. fishery
3. setting
4. laying (the act of laying an egg)

• poñer
• por

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

From Latin positus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoʃtɒ]
• Hyphenation: pos‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

posta (plural posták)

1. mail, post
2. post office

• posta in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos.ta/

posta (uncountable)

1. mail (that arrives in the mailbox)

posta

1. present of postar
2. imperative of postar

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠosˠt̪ˠə/

posta m (genitive singular posta, nominative plural postaí)

1. Cois Fharraige form of post
2. vocative plural of post

Inherited from Latin posita, feminine singular of positus, past participle of pōnō (“to put”). Originally, "post for horses or for mooring ships", then "stopping place for coaches on a journey, way station".^[1] Doublet of posta (feminine past participle of porre).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/^[2]

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• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta

posta f (plural poste)

1. mail, post
2. post office

   Synonym: ufficio postale

3. (games) stakes

From the feminine singular of posto, past participle of porre (“to put, to lay”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/^[2], (traditional) /ˈpos.ta/^[2]
• Rhymes: -ɔsta, (traditional) -osta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta, (traditional) pó‧sta

posta f (plural poste)

1. (archaic or colloquial, Tuscan) act of laying or putting, especially of eggs
2. (archaic) act of giving a name, christening
3. (archaic) footprint, track

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos.ta/^[2], /ˈpɔs.ta/^[2]
• Rhymes: -osta, -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pó‧sta, pò‧sta

posta

1. feminine singular of posto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/^[3], /ˈpos.ta/^[3]
• Rhymes: -ɔsta, -osta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta, pó‧sta

posta

1. inflection of postare (“to post (an email, etc.; Internet)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/^[4]
• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta

posta

1. inflection of postare (“to post (sentries, etc.; military)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Tapso, pasto, patos, spato

Borrowed from Italian posta or Ottoman Turkish پوسته (posta, “mail”).^[1]

posta f (Hebrew spelling פוסטה)

1. mail; post (service)
   • 2025 January 29, Silvyo Ovadya, “Los Evenimyentos de esta semana”, in Şalom‎^[2]:

     Ay unos kuantos mezes ke la posta no fonksyona para Israel; i es la mizma koza de Israel para la Turkiya.

     It’s been a few months since the mail ceased functioning for Israel, and the same goes for Turkiÿe.

     (literally, “There are some few months that the mail does not function for Israel; and it is the same thing of Israel for Turkiÿe.”)

• posta:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.ta]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.ta]
• postā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.taː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.ta]

posta

1. inflection of postus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

postā

1. ablative feminine singular of postus

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Syllabification: pos‧ta

posta m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of post

posta f sg

1. feminine singular of posto

Nominalization of the feminine past participle.

posta f (plural postas)

1. slice or chop of fish or other meat
2. profitable job

• arrotar postas de pescada
• fazer em postas

Borrowed from Italian posta.

posta f (plural postas)

1. mail, postal service
2. (dated) station of horses on the road that served as an inn or restaurant for travelers

Variation of bosta.

posta f (plural postas)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of bosta (“shit”)

posta

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

• “posta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “posta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French poster.

a posta (third-person singular present postează, past participle postat) 1st conjugation

1. to post
2. to settle

• post

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

posta m (genitive singular posta, plural postachan or postaichean)

1. postman, mailman, letter carrier

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “posta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Borrowed from Amharic ፖስታ (posta), borrowed from Italian posta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfosta/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ta

posta m 

1. post

• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “posta”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

• IPA^(key): /ˈposta/ [ˈpos.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -osta
• Syllabification: pos‧ta

posta f (plural postas)

1. (historical) staging post for horses
2. (historical) relay, a set of horses along a route for transportation
3. stopping place, staging post
4. slice of meat or fish
5. slug (a bullet)

posta m or f by sense (plural postas)

1. courier

Derived from Italian apposta.

posta m or f (masculine and feminine plural postas) (colloquial, Argentina)

1. excellent
2. exactly; optimal

posta

1. (colloquial, Argentina) exactly

posta

1. (colloquial, Argentina) really! it's true!

   De los 155 tiroteos masivos ocurridos en los EE.UU. desde 1982, 149 fueron cometidos por hombres. ¡Posta!

   Of 155 mass shootings in the United States since 1982, 149 were committed by men. That's a fact!!!

2. (colloquial, Argentina) really?

   A: ¿Oíste que Pilar intentó dragonear a Pedro anoche? ― Did you hear Pilar tried to woo Pedro last night?

   B: ¿Posta? ― Really?

• “posta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from English post.^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

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posta class IX (plural posta class X)

1. post office

post +‎ -a

posta (present postar, preterite postade, supine postat, imperative posta)

1. to put (something) in the mail (for delivery); to post, to mail, to send

   posta ett brev

   put a letter in the mail

   posta ett brev till någon

   send a letter to someone [more commonly expressed with skicka (“send”) unless emphasizing putting the letter in the mail]

   (literally, “post a letter to someone”)

2. (Internet) to post (on an internet forum or social media)

   Synonym: (4chan slang) breva

• postare

• inlägg
• kommentar
• mejla
• skicka

• posta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• posta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• posta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• sopat, topas

From English poster.

posta

1. poster

From Ottoman Turkish پوسته (posta, “mail”), Italian posta (“mail”).

• IPA^(key): /posˈta/, [posˈtɑ]

• Audio:

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posta (definite accusative postayı, plural postalar)

1. mail, post

• e-posta
• postalamak

• postane

• →? Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa)