postizo

== Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [posˈtiθʊ] === Adjective === postizo (feminine postiza, masculine plural postizos, feminine plural postizas) detachable 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358: Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde Item, I bequeath said Inés my [nun's] headdress, that have detachable laterals[?] and come in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk artificial; prosthetic ==== Related terms ==== poñer posto === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “postizo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “postizo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “postizo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “postizo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish apostizo, from Late Latin appositīcius, from Latin appōnere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /posˈtiθo/ [posˈt̪i.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /posˈtiso/ [posˈt̪i.so] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -iθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: pos‧ti‧zo === Adjective === postizo (feminine postiza, masculine plural postizos, feminine plural postizas) false, artificial Synonyms: falso, artificial prosthetic Synonym: prostético ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === postizo m (plural postizos) switch (whip) Synonym: latigazo ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “postizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025