prostrar

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === postrar === Etymology === Back-formation from prostrat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [pɾusˈtɾa] IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [pɾosˈtɾa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾosˈtɾaɾ] === Verb === prostrar (first-person singular present prostro, first-person singular preterite prostrí, past participle prostrat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/ (figurative, transitive) to overwhelm, to exhaust (pronominal) to prostrate oneself (pronominal) to kneel Synonym: agenollar-se (figurative, pronominal) to kowtow, to acknowledge the superiority of another ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== prostració === Further reading === “prostrar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin prōsternō (“to strew in front of”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pros‧trar === Verb === prostrar (first-person singular present prostro, first-person singular preterite prostrei, past participle prostrado) (transitive) to prostrate (to lie flat or facedown) (transitive, figurative) to destroy Synonym: destruir (transitive) to humiliate (pronominal) to get weak; to weaken Synonym: enfraquecer-se (pronominal) to kneel; to kowtow (pronominal, figurative) to humiliate oneself; to act in a submissive manner Synonym: humilhar-se (reflexive) to prostrate (to throw oneself down in submission) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “prostrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “prostrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026