pousar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pousar, from Latin pausāre, present active infinitive of pausō. Cognate of pausar, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /powˈzaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: pou‧sar

Verb

pousar (first-person singular present indicative pouso, past participle pousado)

  1. to land, alight

2. (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) to sleep over

Pousei no Pedro ontem e nós acabamos ficando.
I slept over Peter's last night and we ended up making out.

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pousar.

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