posada
Americannoun
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posadas
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of posada
1755–65; < Spanish: inn, lodging, dwelling, equivalent to pos ( ar ) to lodge, rest (< Late Latin pausāre; see pose 1) + -ada, feminine of -ado -ate 1
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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.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
In a 2015 profile, he told The Times that he was guided by the concept of la posada — meaning inn or lodging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
The ill-fated Christmas party, known as a posada, was organized by a group of young people, many of whom had known one another for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
Much beloved across Latin America, the posada commemorates Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter as they’re forced to travel from their village to Bethlehem before Jesus’s birth.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
We passed through a town and stopped in front of the posada, and the driver took on several packages.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Socialites have formed private “monkey clubs,” gathering for extravagant Christmas posadas and pool parties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
The Xochimilco posadas last several hours longer than most, and start at 8 a.m. when the host family picks up the Niñopa from its stewards.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
She has attended these posadas since she was a kid.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
State housing officials at the Provincial Housing Company of Havana say the new network of five posadas will be highly lucrative and will help people struggling with Havana's overcrowded and scarce housing.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2017
Doubtless Cervantes, when he first went his rounds, had been in the habit of regaling his fellow-travellers in the posadas in which he sojourned with high-falutin stories of errant shepherds and wandering shepherdesses.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
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