postizo

• IPA^(key): [posˈtiθʊ]

postizo (feminine postiza, masculine plural postizos, feminine plural postizas)

1. detachable
   • 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:

     Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde

     Item, I bequeath said Inés my [nun's] headdress, that have detachable laterals[?] and come in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk

2. artificial; prosthetic

• poñer
• posto

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “postiço”, 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), “postizo”, 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), “postizo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “postizo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Spanish apostizo, from Late Latin appositīcius, from Latin appōnere.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /posˈtiθo/ [posˈt̪i.θo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /posˈtiso/ [posˈt̪i.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pos‧ti‧zo

postizo (feminine postiza, masculine plural postizos, feminine plural postizas)

1. false, artificial

   Synonyms: falso, artificial

2. prosthetic

   Synonym: prostético

postizo m (plural postizos)

1. switch (whip)

   Synonym: latigazo

• “postizo”, 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