prostrar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to prostrate (to lie flat or facedown)
2. (figuratively, transitive) to destroy
3. (transitive) to humiliate
4. (pronominal) to get weak; to weaken
5. (pronominal) to kneel; to kowtow
6. (figuratively, pronominal) to humiliate oneself; to act in a submissive manner
7. (reflexive) to prostrate (to throw oneself down in submission)

Concepts

prostrate

Translations

prostrar

postrar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɾosˈtɾa(ʁ)/

Etymology

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