posada

[ poh-sah-duh; Spanish paw-sah-thah ]

noun,plural po·sa·das [poh-sah-duhz; Spanish paw-sah-thahs]. /poʊˈsɑ dəz; Spanish pɔˈsɑ ðɑs/.
  1. (in some Spanish-speaking countries) a government-operated or -approved inn offering moderately priced rooms to tourists, especially in a historic area.

Origin of posada

1
1755–65; <Spanish: inn, lodging, dwelling, equivalent to pos(ar) to lodge, rest (<Late Latin pausāre;see pose1) + -ada, feminine of -ado-ate1

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How to use posada in a sentence

  • Towards night he reaches some small village where he seeks the rude posada.

    Unexplored Spain | Abel Chapman
  • Accursed gypsy, how dare you enter this posada and speak before me in that speech?

    The Bible in Spain | George Borrow
  • The streets were filthy—so were the houses, and especially the posada.

    The Bible in Spain | George Borrow
  • We went to a posada in the suburbs, the only one, indeed, which the place afforded.

    The Bible in Spain | George Borrow

British Dictionary definitions for posada

posada

/ Spanish (poˈsaða) /


nounplural -das (-ðas)
  1. an inn in a Spanish-speaking country

Origin of posada

1
literally: place for stopping

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