posta

f.

1 clinic (médica). (Chilean Spanish , Perú)

2 round of beef, thigh of the hind leg of the animal, round.

3 sentry post.

4 small lead bullet, slug, buckshot, pellet.

5 accident and emergency center.

6 bet money on a game of chance, bet money on gambling, stake.

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posta

► nombre femenino

1 (de caballos) change of horses

2 (lugar) staging post

3 (bala) pellet

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a posta on purpose

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1. SF

1) † (=caballos) relay, team; (=tramo) stage; (=parada) staging post

por la posta — post-haste, as quickly as possible

2)

- a posta

3) (Caza) (=munición) slug, pellet

4) Chile (Med) first-aid post, first-aid station

5) (Naipes) stake

6) (Culin) slice

posta de pierna — CAm leg of pork

2.

SM courier

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femenino

1)

a) (ant) (de caballos) relay

b) (AmL) (Dep) relay (race)

pasarle la posta a alguien — (RPl fam) (en una carrera) to pass the baton to somebody; (ante un problema) to hand over to somebody

2) (Arm) pellet

3) (AmC) (Mil) sentry post

estar de posta — to be on sentry duty

4) (Esp)

a posta — on purpose, deliberately

5) (AmC, Chi) (Coc) round

6) (Chi) (centro médico) accident and emergency center*

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femenino

1)

a) (ant) (de caballos) relay

b) (AmL) (Dep) relay (race)

pasarle la posta a alguien — (RPl fam) (en una carrera) to pass the baton to somebody; (ante un problema) to hand over to somebody

2) (Arm) pellet

3) (AmC) (Mil) sentry post

estar de posta — to be on sentry duty

4) (Esp)

a posta — on purpose, deliberately

5) (AmC, Chi) (Coc) round

6) (Chi) (centro médico) accident and emergency center*

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posta

feminine

A

1 (ant) (de caballos) relay

2 (AmL) (Dep) relay, relay race

pasarle la posta a algn (RPl fam) (en una carrera) to pass the baton to sb; (ante un problema) to hand over to sb

B (Arm) pellet

C (AmC) (Mil) sentry post

estar de posta to be on sentry duty

D

(Esp): a posta on purpose, deliberately

E (AmC, Chi) (Coc) round

F (Chi) (centro médico) accident and emergency center*

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posta sustantivo femenino
1 (AmL) (Dep) relay (race)
2 (AmC) (Mil) sentry post
3 (Esp)

◊ a posta on purpose, deliberately

4 (Chi) (centro médico) accident and emergency center^{(conjugate center)}
'posta' also found in these entries:
English:
slug
- guard

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posta

♦ adj

RP Fam cool

♦ nf

1. Am

postas [carrera] relay (race);

Comp

RP Fam

pasarle la posta a alguien to pass the baton to sb, to hand over to sb

2. Chile, Perú [médica] clinic

3. RP Fam

la posta [la verdad] the truth

♦ a posta loc adv

on purpose

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posta

f

:

a posta on purpose

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posta nf

: relay race