prostrate

[US]/ˈprɒstreɪt/
[UK]/ˈprɑːstreɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. tendido boca abajo; superado o impotente
vt. colocar plano, hacer impotente
Word Forms
Pasadoprostrated
Tercera persona singularprostrates
Pluralprostrates
Gerundioprostrating
Participio pasadoprostrated

Phrases & Collocations

fall prostrate

arrojarse a gatas

prostrate oneself

ponerse a gatas

prostrate in worship

arrojarse en adoración

Example Sentences

be prostrate with grief

estar postrado por el dolor

She was prostrate on the floor.

Ella estaba postrada en el suelo.

be prostrated by the heat

estar postrado por el calor

one who is already prostrate cannot be overthrown.

uno que ya está prostado no puede ser derrocado.

his wife was prostrate with shock.

su esposa estaba postrada por el shock.

prostrate onself before sb.

postrarse ante alguien

He was prostrated by illness.

Él estaba postrado por la enfermedad.

They prostrated themselves before the emperor.

Se postraron ante el emperador.

she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church.

ella se postró en el suelo desnudo de la iglesia.

Sickness often prostrates people.

La enfermedad a menudo postra a las personas.

He was prostrated by the loss of his wife.

Él estaba postrado por la pérdida de su esposa.

A root arising from the node of a prostrate stem.

Una raíz que surge del nódulo de un tallo prostado.

They prostrated themselves before the altar.

Se postraron ante el altar.

The typhoon prostrated numerous young trees.

El tifón derribó numerosos árboles jóvenes.

she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed.

Estaba tan postrada por la migraña que apenas podía tambalearse por las escaleras para ir a la cama.

The young mother was prostrate with grief at her baby's death from pneumonia.

La joven madre estaba abatida por el dolor ante la muerte de su bebé a causa de la neumonía.

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