posada
Americannoun
plural
posadas-
(in some Spanish-speaking countries) a government-operated or -approved inn offering moderately priced rooms to tourists, especially in a historic area.
noun
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an inn in a Spanish-speaking country
Etymology
Origin of posada
1755–65; < Spanish: inn, lodging, dwelling, equivalent to pos ( ar ) to lodge, rest (< Late Latin pausāre; pose 1 ) + -ada, feminine of -ado -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Undocumented families filled the street for a posada, a Latin American Christmas tradition akin to a roving block party, with music, food and an increasingly rare sense of safety.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
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 style of each posada varies from town to town, but traditionally it is a re-enactment of part of the Christmas story.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2022
Bill and I got down and went into the posada.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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