posada

[poh-sah-duh, paw-sah-thah]

noun

plural

posadas 

1. (in some Spanish-speaking countries) a government-operated or -approved inn offering moderately priced rooms to tourists, especially in a historic area.

posada

/ poˈsaða /

noun

1. an inn in a Spanish-speaking country

Word History and Origins

Origin of posada¹

1755–65; < Spanish: inn, lodging, dwelling, equivalent to pos ( ar ) to lodge, rest (< Late Latin pausāre; pose ¹ ) + -ada, feminine of -ado -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of posada¹

literally: place for stopping

Example Sentences

Elizabeth Amy Posada, an El Paso native and a former aide to the local Republican congressman, said there used to be "death everywhere", referring to migrants dying in the desert or in the Rio Grande, and those who fell victim to cartels.

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On the road rising to the Pyrenees, we stop at a posada, a roadside inn where strings of chorizo and peppers hang like wind chimes above the bar.

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We sit on the terrace and order a bocadillo, a sandwich of chistorra sausage and green local peppers, a memory of those hanging at the posada earlier in the day, now crisped on the griddle and folded simply into a toasted roll.

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In a 2015 profile, he told The Times that he was guided by the concept of la posada — meaning inn or lodging.

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Priscilla Posada is a writer living in New York City.

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