prostrar

• postrar

Back-formation from prostrat.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾusˈtɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾosˈtɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾosˈtɾaɾ]

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

1. (figurative, transitive) to overwhelm, to exhaust
2. (pronominal) to prostrate oneself
3. (pronominal) to kneel

   Synonym: agenollar-se

4. (figurative, pronominal) to kowtow, to acknowledge the superiority of another

• prostració

• “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

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. (pronominal) to get weak; to weaken

   Synonym: enfraquecer-se

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

   Synonym: humilhar-se

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