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.

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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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra. Doublet of pozytura (“pose, posture”).

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin positūra.

Pronunciation

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

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 (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin positūra. Cognate with English posture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈt̪u.ɾa]

Noun

postura f (plural posturas)

1. position
2. (yoga) pose
3. posture, attitude

   adoptar una postura

   to take a stand, to take a position

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Hyponyms

• postura del hijo, postura del niño (“child's pose”)

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

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pustura

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish postura.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧ra
• IPA^(key): /posˈtuɾa/, [posˈt̪uː.ɾɐ]

Noun

postura

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

Adjective

postura

1. (colloquial) dressed in a way too elaborate or formal for the occasion

   Synonym: posturyoso

Related terms

• posturyoso

Further reading

• “postura” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021