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posada

Spanish, noun/poˈsada/

posada is spelled P-O-S-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Posada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hotel, inn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of posado. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar donde se hospedan viajeros a lo largo del camino”.

What does posada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehotel, inn

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of posado

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lugar donde se hospedan viajeros a lo largo del camino. 2. Hogar propio de una persona. 3. Alojamiento que se le da a otra persona o animal. 4. Establecimiento de hostelería consistente generalmente en casas de familia ubicadas en sitios poco poblados para dar albergue y restauración a turistas que visitan sitios aledaños.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of posada

  • posadas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce posada?

  • /poˈsada/
  • [poˈsa.ð̞a]
  • [poˈsað̞a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to posada

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is posada in Spanish?

posada appears 5.5 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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