prostrar
Catalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBack-formation from prostrat.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editprostrar (first-person singular present prostro, first-person singular preterite prostrí, past participle prostrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (figurative, transitive) to overwhelm, to exhaust
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to prostrate oneself
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to kneel
- Synonym: agenollar-se
- (figurative, takes a reflexive pronoun) to kowtow, to acknowledge the superiority of another
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of prostrar (first conjugation)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “prostrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUltimately from Latin prōsternō (“to strew in front of”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: pros‧trar
Verb
editprostrar (first-person singular present prostro, first-person singular preterite prostrei, past participle prostrado)
- (transitive) to prostrate (to lie flat or facedown)
- (transitive, figurative) to destroy
- Synonym: destruir
- (transitive) to humiliate
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get weak; to weaken
- Synonym: enfraquecer-se
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to kneel; to kowtow
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to humiliate oneself; to act in a submissive manner
- (reflexive) to prostrate (to throw oneself down in submission)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of prostrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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