prostrar

• postrar

Back-formation from prostrat.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pɾosˈtɾa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pɾusˈtɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾosˈtɾaɾ/

prostrar (first-person singular present prostro, past participle prostrat)

1. (figurative, transitive) to overwhelm, to exhaust
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to prostrate oneself
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to kneel

   Synonym: agenollar-se

4. (figurative, takes a reflexive pronoun) to kowtow, to acknowledge the superiority of another

• prostració

• “prostrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ultimately from Latin prōsternō (“to strew in front of”).

• Hyphenation: pros‧trar

prostrar (first-person singular present prostro, first-person singular preterite prostrei, past participle prostrado)

1. (transitive) to prostrate (to lie flat or facedown)
2. (transitive, figurative) to destroy

   Synonym: destruir

3. (transitive) to humiliate
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get weak; to weaken

   Synonym: enfraquecer-se

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to kneel; to kowtow
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to humiliate oneself; to act in a submissive manner

   Synonym: humilhar-se

7. inflection of prostrar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive
8. (reflexive) to prostrate (to throw oneself down in submission)