postura
Portuguese, noun/posˈtu.ɾɐ/
postura is spelled P-O-S-T-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,612th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “posture (position of body or way of carrying oneself)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colocação, disposição, posição do corpo ou parte dele”.
What does postura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineposture (position of body or way of carrying oneself)
- 2
femininestance (opinion or point of view)
- 3
femininethe act or practice of laying eggs
- 4
femininethe period during which hens lay eggs
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. colocação, disposição, posição do corpo ou parte dele 2. atitude, porte, maneira estática ou em movimento do corpo 3. aspecto físico; estatura ou expressão fisionômica 4. toda deliberação de caráter obrigatório, emanada do legislativo municipal
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of postura
- posturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postura?
- Brazil /posˈtu.ɾɐ/
- /poʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /puʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to postura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is postura in Portuguese?
postura appears 24 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).