prostrar

• postrar

Back-formation from prostrat.

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

prostrar (first-person singular present prostro, first-person singular preterite prostrí, past participle prostrat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

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. (reflexive) to prostrate (to throw oneself down in submission)