posta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "posta"

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

posta f (plural postes)

1. post (an assigned station)
2. setting

   posta de sol ― sunset

3. laying (the act of laying an egg)

Derived terms

• a posta

Etymology 2

Participle

posta f sg

1. feminine singular of post

Further reading

• “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.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “posta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. later, posterior

Further reading

• “posta”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “posta”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Verb

posta

1. third-person singular past historic of poster

Anagrams

• optas, posât

Galician

Unha posta de bacallao [a serving of codfish]

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tɐ]

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

1. serving, slice, cut

   Synonym: toro

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

Related terms

• poñer
• por

References

• 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 Santamarina, 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 Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin positus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

posta (plural posták)

1. mail, post
2. post office

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	posta	posták
accusative	postát	postákat
dative	postának	postáknak
instrumental	postával	postákkal
causal-final	postáért	postákért
translative	postává	postákká
terminative	postáig	postákig
essive-formal	postaként	postákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	postában	postákban
superessive	postán	postákon
adessive	postánál	postáknál
illative	postába	postákba
sublative	postára	postákra
allative	postához	postákhoz
elative	postából	postákból
delative	postáról	postákról
ablative	postától	postáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	postáé	postáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	postáéi	postákéi

Possessive forms of posta

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	postám	postáim
2nd person sing.	postád	postáid
3rd person sing.	postája	postái
1st person plural	postánk	postáink
2nd person plural	postátok	postáitok
3rd person plural	postájuk	postáik

Derived terms

• postai
• postás
• postáz

Compound words

• főposta
• hangposta
• légiposta
• postabélyeg
• postafiók
• postahivatal
• postakocsi
• postaláda

Further reading

• 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.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos.ta/

Noun

posta (uncountable)

1. mail (that arrives in the mailbox)

Verb

posta

1. present of postar
2. imperative of postar

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠosˠt̪ˠə/, /ˈpˠɔsˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

posta m (genitive singular posta, nominative plural postaí)

1. alternative form of post
2. vocative plural of post

Declension

Declension of posta (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative posta postaí vocative a phosta a phostaí genitive posta postaí dative posta postaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an posta na postaí genitive an phosta na bpostaí dative leis an bposta don phosta leis na postaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of posta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
posta	phosta	bposta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Etymology 1

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". Doublet of posta (feminine past participle of porre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: pò‧sta

Noun

posta f (plural poste)

1. mail, post
2. post office

   Synonym: ufficio postale

3. (games) stakes

Derived terms

• a bella posta
• fare la posta
• fermoposta
• impostare
• posta in gioco
• postacelere
• postagiro
• postale
• postino

Descendants

• → Amharic: ፖስታ (posta)
  • → Sidamo: posta
• → Cimbrian: post
• → Cornish: post
• → Czech: pošta
• → German: Post
• → Hungarian: posta
• → Luxembourgish: Post
• → Macedonian: пошта (pošta)
• → Middle French: poste
  • French: poste
    • → Breton: post
    • → Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa)
    • → Persian: پست (post)
  • Norman: poste
  • → Dutch: post
    • Afrikaans: pos
    • → Caribbean Javanese: pos
    • → Indonesian: pos
      • → Petjo: pos
    • → Papiamentu: pòst
  • → English: post (see there for further descendants)
• → Mòcheno: post
• → Norwegian: post
• → Ottoman Turkish: پوسته (posta)
  • Turkish: posta
  • → Armenian: փոստա (pʻosta)
• → Polish: poczta, posta, poszta (Middle Polish), paczta (Western Lublin, Włostowice, Puławy)
  • → Belarusian: по́шта (póšta)
  • → Kashubian: pòczta
  • → Lithuanian: paštas
  • → Russian: по́чта (póčta)
    • → Abkhaz: аԥошьҭа (apošta)
    • → Azerbaijani: poçt
    • → Armenian: փոշտ (pʻošt)
    • → Buryat: почто (počto)
    • → Chamalal: поч (poč)
    • → Chuvash: пуштӑ (puštă)
    • → East Circassian: почтэ (počtɛ)
    • → Ingush: пошт (pošt)
    • → Georgian: ფოშტა (pošṭa), ფოჩტა (počṭa)
    • → Kazakh: пошта (pošta)
    • → Kildin Sami: пошта (pošta)
    • → Kyrgyz: почта (pocta)
    • → Nogai: почта (poçta)
    • → Romanian: poștă
    • → Southern Altai: мочто (močto)
    • → Tajik: почта (počta)
    • → Tatar: почта (poçta)
    • → Turkmen: poçta
    • → Uyghur: پوچتا (pochta)
    • → Uzbek: pochta
    • → West Circassian: почтэ (počtɛ)
    • → Yakut: буоста (buosta), почта (počta)
  • → Ukrainian: по́шта (póšta)
• → Scottish Gaelic: posta, post
• → Slovak: pošta
• → Swedish: post
  • → Finnish: posti
• → Vilamovian: pöst
• → West Frisian: post

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

posta f (plural poste)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Participle

posta

1. feminine singular of posto

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

posta

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

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

posta

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

Anagrams

• Tapso, pasto, patos, spato

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian posta or Ottoman Turkish پوسته (posta, “mail”).

Noun

posta f (Hebrew spelling פוסטה)

1. mail; post (service)
   • 2025 January 29, Silvyo Ovadya, “Los Evenimyentos de esta semana”, in Şalom‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 November 2025:

     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.”)

Latin

Pronunciation

• 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]

Participle

posta

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

Participle

postā

1. ablative feminine singular of postus

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/

• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Syllabification: pos‧ta

Etymology 1

See posta.

Noun

posta f

1. Middle Polish form of poczta (“post”)

Declension

Attested Middle Polish forms of *posta

	singular	plural
nominative	—	posty
genitive	posty	—
dative	—	—
accusative	postę	—
instrumental	—	—
locative	poście	postach
vocative	—	—

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

posta m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of post (“message”)

References

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “posta”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/

Etymology 1

Participle

posta f sg

1. feminine singular of posto

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the feminine past participle.

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

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

Derived terms

• arrotar postas de pescada
• fazer em postas

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin ponō

Italian postabor.

Portuguese posta

Borrowed from Italian posta.

Noun

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

Etymology 4

Variation of bosta.

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

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

Etymology 5

Verb

posta

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

Further reading

• “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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French poster.

Verb

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

1. to post
2. to settle

Conjugation

    conjugation of posta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a posta
gerund			postând
past participle			postat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	postez	postezi	postează	postăm	postați	postează
	imperfect	postam	postai	posta	postam	postați	postau
	simple perfect	postai	postași	postă	postarăm	postarăți	postară
	pluperfect	postasem	postaseși	postase	postaserăm	postaserăți	postaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să postez	să postezi	să posteze	să postăm	să postați	să posteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		postează			postați
	negative		nu posta			nu postați

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• post

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. postman, mailman, letter carrier

Mutation

Mutation of posta

radical	lenition
posta	phosta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Sidamo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

posta m 

1. post

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• a posta

Noun

posta m or f by sense (plural postas)

1. courier

Derived terms

• corneta de posta

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Latin ad

Italian a

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin ponō

Italian posta

univ.

Italian appostader.

Spanish posta

Derived from Italian apposta (“intentionally”).

Adjective

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

1. excellent
2. exactly; optimal

Adverb

posta

1. (colloquial, Argentina) exactly

Interjection

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?

See also

• aposta (“intentionally”)

Further reading

• “posta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin ponō

Italian postader.

Middle French postebor.

English postbor.

Swahili posta

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

posta class IX (plural posta class X)

1. post office

Swedish

Etymology

post +‎ -a

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of posta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	posta		postas
supine	postat		postats
imperative	posta		—
imper. plural1	posten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	postar	postade	postas	postades
ind. plural1	posta	postade	postas	postades
subjunctive2	poste	postade	postes	postades
present participle		postande
past participle		postad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• postare

See also

• inlägg
• kommentar
• mejla
• skicka

References

• “posta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “posta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “posta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• sopat, topas

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English poster.

Noun

posta

1. poster

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posˈta/, [posˈtɑ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

posta (definite accusative postayı, plural postalar)

1. mail, post

Declension

Declension of posta

singular plural nominative posta postalar definite accusative postayı postaları dative postaya postalara locative postada postalarda ablative postadan postalardan genitive postanın postaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular postam postalarım 2nd singular postan postaların 3rd singular postası postaları 1st plural postamız postalarımız 2nd plural postanız postalarınız 3rd plural postaları postaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular postamı postalarımı 2nd singular postanı postalarını 3rd singular postasını postalarını 1st plural postamızı postalarımızı 2nd plural postanızı postalarınızı 3rd plural postalarını postalarını dative singular plural 1st singular postama postalarıma 2nd singular postana postalarına 3rd singular postasına postalarına 1st plural postamıza postalarımıza 2nd plural postanıza postalarınıza 3rd plural postalarına postalarına locative singular plural 1st singular postamda postalarımda 2nd singular postanda postalarında 3rd singular postasında postalarında 1st plural postamızda postalarımızda 2nd plural postanızda postalarınızda 3rd plural postalarında postalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular postamdan postalarımdan 2nd singular postandan postalarından 3rd singular postasından postalarından 1st plural postamızdan postalarımızdan 2nd plural postanızdan postalarınızdan 3rd plural postalarından postalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular postamın postalarımın 2nd singular postanın postalarının 3rd singular postasının postalarının 1st plural postamızın postalarımızın 2nd plural postanızın postalarınızın 3rd plural postalarının postalarının

Derived terms

• e-posta
• postalamak

Related terms

• postane

Descendants

• →? Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa)