# postura
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin positūra. Doublet of positura.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pusˈtu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [posˈtu.ɾa]

### Noun

postura f (plural postures)
* posture (position of the body)
* (finance) bid
* (in the plural) affectations, ceremony

### Further reading

* “postura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “postura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “postura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “postura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin positūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈstu.ra/
* Rhymes: -ura
* Hyphenation: po‧stù‧ra

### Noun

postura f (plural posture)
* posture, carriage, stance

#### Related terms

* posturale

### Further reading

* postura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* pasturo, pasturò, ruspato, sparuto

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra. Doublet of pozytura (“pose, posture”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔsˈtu.ra/
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra

### Noun

postura f (diminutive posturka)
* build, frame, physique, stature (the natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* postura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* postura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin positūra.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /posˈtu.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /posˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /poʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /posˈtu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /puʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -uɾɐ
* Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧ra

### Noun

postura f (plural posturas)
* posture (position of body or way of carrying oneself)
* (figurative) stance (opinion or point of view)
    Synonym: posição
* the act or practice of laying eggs
* the period during which hens lay eggs

### Further reading

* “postura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin positūra. Cognate with English posture.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈt̪u.ɾa]
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* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra

### Noun

postura f (plural posturas)
* position
* (yoga) pose
* posture, attitude
    adoptar una postura ― to take a stand, to take a position

#### Hyponyms

* postura de la amazona
* postura de vaquera
* postura del hijo, postura del niño (“child's pose”)
* postura del misionero

#### Derived terms

* acercar posturas
* postura de perrito

#### Related terms

* poner
* postureo

### Further reading

* “postura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* pustura

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish postura.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈt̪uː.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra

### Noun

postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)
* posture (position of the body)
* (colloquial) way of dress too formal or elaborate for the occasion

### Adjective

postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)
* (colloquial) dressed in a way too elaborate or formal for the occasion
    Synonym: posturyoso

#### Related terms

* posturyoso

### Further reading

* “postura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* suporta