postrar

Spanish

Etymology

Dissimilated from Old Spanish prostrar (e.g. prostrado in Gonzalo de Berceo, 13th century),^[1] a borrowing from Medieval Latin prōstrāre, backformed from prōstrātus, perfect passive participle of prōsternō (“to prostrate, to throw down”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /posˈtɾaɾ/ [posˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: pos‧trar

Verb

postrar (first-person singular present postro, first-person singular preterite postré, past participle postrado)

to prostrate, lie prostrate, to lie low
(reflexive) to prostrate oneself, to kneel, to fall to one's knees (in obedience, to beg etc.)
to debilitate
Synonym: debilitar

Conjugation

Conjugation of postrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			postrar
gerund			postrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		postrado		postrada
		plural		postrados		postradas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	postro	postras^{^tú} postrás^{^vos}	postra	postramos	postráis	postran
	imperfect	postraba	postrabas	postraba	postrábamos	postrabais	postraban
	preterite	postré	postraste	postró	postramos	postrasteis	postraron
	future	postraré	postrarás	postrará	postraremos	postraréis	postrarán
	conditional	postraría	postrarías	postraría	postraríamos	postraríais	postrarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	postre	postres^{^tú} postrés^{^vos²}	postre	postremos	postréis	postren
	imperfect (ra)	postrara	postraras	postrara	postráramos	postrarais	postraran
	imperfect (se)	postrase	postrases	postrase	postrásemos	postraseis	postrasen
	future¹	postrare	postrares	postrare	postráremos	postrareis	postraren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		postra^{^tú} postrá^{^vos}	postre	postremos	postrad	postren
	negative		no postres	no postre	no postremos	no postréis	no postren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of postrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive postrar	dative	postrarme	postrarte	postrarle, postrarse	postrarnos	postraros	postrarles, postrarse
with infinitive postrar	accusative	postrarme	postrarte	postrarlo, postrarla, postrarse	postrarnos	postraros	postrarlos, postrarlas, postrarse

with gerund postrando	dative	postrándome	postrándote	postrándole, postrándose	postrándonos	postrándoos	postrándoles, postrándose
with gerund postrando	accusative	postrándome	postrándote	postrándolo, postrándola, postrándose	postrándonos	postrándoos	postrándolos, postrándolas, postrándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative postra	dative	póstrame	póstrate	póstrale	póstranos	not used	póstrales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative postra	accusative	póstrame	póstrate	póstralo, póstrala	póstranos	not used	póstralos, póstralas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative postrá	dative	postrame	postrate	postrale	postranos	not used	postrales
	accusative	postrame	postrate	postralo, postrala	postranos	not used	postralos, postralas

with formal second-person singular imperative postre	dative	póstreme	not used	póstrele, póstrese	póstrenos	not used	póstreles
with formal second-person singular imperative postre	accusative	póstreme	not used	póstrelo, póstrela, póstrese	póstrenos	not used	póstrelos, póstrelas

with first-person plural imperative postremos	dative	not used	postrémoste	postrémosle	postrémonos	postrémoos	postrémosles
with first-person plural imperative postremos	accusative	not used	postrémoste	postrémoslo, postrémosla	postrémonos	postrémoos	postrémoslos, postrémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative postrad	dative	postradme	not used	postradle	postradnos	postraos	postradles
with informal second-person plural imperative postrad	accusative	postradme	not used	postradlo, postradla	postradnos	postraos	postradlos, postradlas

with formal second-person plural imperative postren	dative	póstrenme	not used	póstrenle	póstrennos	not used	póstrenles, póstrense
with formal second-person plural imperative postren	accusative	póstrenme	not used	póstrenlo, póstrenla	póstrennos	not used	póstrenlos, póstrenlas, póstrense

References

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Swedish

Noun

postrar

indefinite plural of poster

Anagrams

portars, prostar

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