# prostrar
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* postrar

### Etymology

Back-formation from prostrat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾusˈtɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾosˈtɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾosˈtɾaɾ]

### 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

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | prostrar | prostrar | prostrar | prostrar | prostrar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | prostrant | prostrant | prostrant | prostrant | prostrant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | prostrat | prostrat | prostrada | prostrada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | prostrats | prostrats | prostrades | prostrades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | prostro | prostres | prostra | prostrem | prostreu | prostren |
| indicative | imperfect | prostrava | prostraves | prostrava | prostràvem | prostràveu | prostraven |
| indicative | future | prostraré | prostraràs | prostrarà | prostrarem | prostrareu | prostraran |
| indicative | preterite | prostrí | prostrares | prostrà | prostràrem | prostràreu | prostraren |
| indicative | conditional | prostraria | prostraries | prostraria | prostraríem | prostraríeu | prostrarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | prostri | prostris | prostri | prostrem | prostreu | prostrin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | prostrés | prostressis | prostrés | prostréssim | prostréssiu | prostressin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | prostra | prostri | prostrem | prostreu | prostrin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no prostris | no prostri | no prostrem | no prostreu | no prostrin |

#### Related terms

* prostració

### Further reading

* “prostrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin prōsternō (“to strew in front of”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾosˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾosˈtɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾosˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾosˈtɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾosˈtɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾoʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾoʃˈtɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾosˈtɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾuʃˈtɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾuʃˈtɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾuʃˈtɾa.ɾi/
* 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
    Synonym: humilhar-se
* (reflexive) to prostrate (to throw oneself down in submission)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.