postrar

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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”).

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of postrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive postrar
gerund postrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular postrado postrada
plural postrados postradas
singular plural
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 postrastú
postrásvos 		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 postrestú
postrésvos2 		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 postratú
postrávos 		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
accusative postrarme postrarte postrarlo, postrarla, postrarse postrarnos postraros postrarlos, postrarlas, postrarse
with gerund postrando
dative postrándome postrándote postrándole, postrándose postrándonos postrándoos postrándoles, postrándose
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
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
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
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
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
accusative póstrenme not used póstrenlo, póstrenla póstrennos not used póstrenlos, póstrenlas, póstrense

References

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Further reading

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Noun

postrar

  1. indefinite plural of poster

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