Meaning of pósas

(Sp. posa) A pause; a stop or halt in a funeral procession for the purpose of singing a response; to sing a response at a funeral. Magpósas kamó dirí. Stop here for the singing of a response. May tátlo ka pósas. There will be (or were) three pauses or stops (for the singing of a response).

(Sp. esposa) Manacles, fetters, shackles, handcuffs; to handcuff, manacle, fetter, shackle, put handcuffs on another. Ginposásan siá sang polís, kay nagbátok sa íla. The police handcuffed him, because he offered resistance. (see gapús, gápus, higót).