- postrar
- v.1 to weaken, to (make) prostrate.2 to humble, to degrade, to abase, to bring to one's knees.* * *postrar► verbo transitivo1 to prostrate► verbo pronominal postrarse1 to prostrate oneself* * *1. VT1) (Med) (=debilitar) to weaken, prostrate2) (=derribar) to cast down, overthrow2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo (debilitar) to weaken2.
la tuberculosis lo tenía postrado — he was confined to bed with tuberculosis
postrarse v pron (frml) (arrodillarse) to kneelse postró ante el rey — she prostrated herself before the king
* * *= lay + Nombre + low.Ex. She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.* * *1.verbo transitivo (debilitar) to weaken2.la tuberculosis lo tenía postrado — he was confined to bed with tuberculosis
postrarse v pron (frml) (arrodillarse) to kneelse postró ante el rey — she prostrated herself before the king
* * *= lay + Nombre + low.Ex: She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
* * *postrar [A1 ]vtla tuberculosis lo tuvo postrado varios meses he was confined to bed for several months with tuberculosisel accidente lo postró durante varios meses he was laid up (in bed) for several months as a result of the accident■ postrarsev pron(frml); to kneelse postró a sus pies he knelt at her feet o before herse postró ante el profeta she prostrated herself before the prophet* * *postrar♦ vtla gripe lo postró en cama he was laid up in bed with flu♦ See also the pronominal verb postrarse* * *postrarv/t:la gripe lo postró dos semanas he was laid up with flu for two weeks* * *postrar vtdebilitar: to debilitate, to weaken♦ See also the reflexive verb postrarse
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.
