postura

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin positūra. Doublet of positura.

Pronunciation

Noun

postura f (plural postures)

  1. posture (position of the body)
  2. (finance) bid
  3. (in the plural) affectations, ceremony

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin positūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈstu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: po‧stù‧ra

Noun

postura f (plural posture)

  1. posture, carriage, stance

Further reading

  • postura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra. Doublet of pozytura (pose, posture).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔsˈtu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra

Noun

postura f (diminutive posturka)

  1. build, frame, physique, stature (the natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person)

Declension

Further reading

  • postura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • postura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin positūra.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /posˈtu.ɾɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /poʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /posˈtu.ɾa/

  • Rhymes: -uɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧ra

Noun

postura f (plural posturas)

  1. posture (position of body or way of carrying oneself)
  2. (figurative) stance (opinion or point of view)
    Synonym: posição
  3. the act or practice of laying eggs
  4. the period during which hens lay eggs

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin positūra. Cognate with English posture.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈt̪u.ɾa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra

Noun

postura f (plural posturas)

  1. position
  2. (yoga) pose
  3. posture, attitude
    adoptar una posturato take a stand, to take a position

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish postura.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra

Noun

postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)

  1. posture (position of the body)
  2. (colloquial) way of dress too formal or elaborate for the occasion

Adjective

postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)

  1. (colloquial) dressed in a way too elaborate or formal for the occasion
    Synonym: posturyoso
  • posturyoso

Further reading

  • postura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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