posto

See also: postò, poŝto, and pošto

Galician

Etymology

From Latin postus, from positus.

Verb

posto

  1. past participle of poñer
  2. past participle of pór

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English post, French poste, German Post, Italian posta, Russian почта (počta).

Noun

posto (plural posti)

  1. postal service, post, mail

Derived terms

  • poste (“by post, by mail”)
  • postala (“postal”)
  • postajo (“mail”)
  • postisto (“postman”)
  • postestro (“postmaster”)
  • e-posto (“e-mail”)
  • postokarto (“postcard, postal card”)
  • postokontoro (“post office, postal bureau”)
  • postomandato (“postal order”)
  • postomarko / postostampo (“postage stamp”)
  • postotreno (“mail-train”)
  • post-uniono (“postal union”)
  • postoveturo (“postal car, post-chaise, mail coach”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin postus, from positus.

Noun

posto m (plural posti)

  1. place, spot
    Erano al posto giusto al momento giusto.
    They were in the right place at the right time.
  2. place, position (in a list, classification etc); often not translated
    La squadra si è aggiudicata un ottimo terzo posto nella gara finale della stagione.
    The team clinched an excellent third place in the final race of the season.
  3. seat
    Su un treno o tram è educazione chiedere se un posto è libero prima di sedersi.
    On a train or tram it's polite to ask if the seat is free before sitting down.
  4. room, space
    I sistemi di scaffali sono l'ideale in un garage dove occorra fare posto per un'auto o per un ufficio.
    Shelving systems are ideal in a garage where you also need to make room for a car, or an office.
  5. job, position, post
    Ho ottenuto un posto di insegnante d'inglese in un'università locale.
    I got a job teaching English at a local University.

Derived terms

Verb

posto m (feminine singular posta, masculine plural posti, feminine plural poste)

  1. past participle of porre

Anagrams

Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian postol (cf. modern postola).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒsto/

Noun

posto m

  1. shoe

Declension

References

  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin postus, from positus.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ostu

Verb

posto m (feminine singular posta, masculine plural postos, feminine plural postas, infinitive pôr)

  1. Masculine singular past participle of pôr

Noun

posto m (plural postos)

  1. position, job
    Synonyms: emprego, cargo
  2. station, post
    Synonym: estação
    posto de trabalho ― workstation
    posto de gasolina ― gas station
  3. place
    Synonym: lugar

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Calque of Latin per centum.

Adverb

pȍstō (Cyrillic spelling по̏сто̄)

  1. percent
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