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postrar

Spanish, verb/posˈtɾaɾ/

postrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prostrate, lie prostrate, to lie low” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does postrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to prostrate, lie prostrate, to lie low

  2. 2

    to prostrate oneself, to kneel, to fall to one's knees (in obedience, to beg etc.)

  3. 3

    to debilitate

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of postrar

  • postro first-person present singular
  • postré first-person preterite singular
  • postrado participle past
  • postrando gerund
  • postrada feminine participle past
  • postrados masculine participle past
  • postradas feminine participle past
  • postras indicative informal present
  • postrás indicative informal present
  • postra indicative present singular
  • postramos first-person indicative plural
  • postráis indicative plural present
  • postran indicative plural present
  • postraba first-person imperfect indicative
  • postrabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • postrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • postrabais imperfect indicative plural
  • postraban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce postrar?

  • /posˈtɾaɾ/
  • [posˈt̪ɾaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is postrar in Spanish?

postrar appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).