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prostrar
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Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Back-formation from prostrat.
Pronunciation
Verb
prostrar (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
- (pronominal) to prostrate oneself
- (pronominal) to kneel
- Synonym: agenollar-se
- (figurative, pronominal) to kowtow, to acknowledge the superiority of another
Conjugation
Related terms
- prostració
Further reading
- “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
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pros‧trar
Verb
prostrar (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
- (pronominal) to get weak; to weaken
- Synonym: enfraquecer-se
- (pronominal) to kneel; to kowtow
- (pronominal, figurative) to humiliate oneself; to act in a submissive manner
- (reflexive) to prostrate (to throw oneself down in submission)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “prostrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
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