postura

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin positūra. Doublet of positura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pusˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [posˈtu.ɾa]

Noun

postura f (plural postures)

1. posture (position of the body)
2. (finance) bid
3. (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, 2024
• “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^(key): /poˈstu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: po‧stù‧ra

Noun

postura f (plural posture)

1. 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^(key): /pɔsˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra

Noun

postura f (diminutive posturka)

1. build, frame, physique, stature (the natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person)

Declension

Declension of postura

	singular	plural
nominative	postura	postury
genitive	postury	postur
dative	posturze	posturom
accusative	posturę	postury
instrumental	posturą	posturami
locative	posturze	posturach
vocative	posturo	postury

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^(key): /posˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧ra

Noun

postura f (plural posturas)

1. posture (position of body or way of carrying oneself)
2. (figurative) stance (opinion or point of view)

   Synonym: posição

3. the act or practice of laying eggs
4. the period during which hens lay eggs

Further reading

• “postura” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin positūra. Cognate with English posture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈt̪u.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra

Noun

postura f (plural posturas)

1. position
2. (yoga) pose
3. 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pustura

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish postura.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈtu.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra

Noun

postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)

1. posture (position of the body)
2. (colloquial) way of dress too formal or elaborate for the occasion

Adjective

postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)

1. (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