postura

From Latin positūra. Doublet of positura.

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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postura f (plural postures)

1. posture (position of the body)
2. (finance) bid
3. (in the plural) affectations, ceremony

• “postura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “postura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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.

From Latin positūra.

• IPA^(key): /posˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: po‧stù‧ra

postura f (plural posture)

1. posture, carriage, stance

• posturale

• postura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• pasturo, pasturò, ruspato, sparuto

• postūra:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔsˈtuː.ra]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [posˈtuː.ra]
• postūrā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔsˈtuː.raː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [posˈtuː.ra]

postūra

1. inflection of postūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

postūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of postūrus

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

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

postura f (diminutive posturka)

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

• postura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• postura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Latin positūra.

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

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

• “postura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “postura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin positūra. Cognate with English posture.

• IPA^(key): /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈt̪u.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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

postura f (plural posturas)

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

   adoptar una postura ― to take a stand, to take a position

• “postura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• pustura

Borrowed from Spanish postura.

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

postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)

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

postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)

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

   Synonym: posturyoso

• posturyoso

• “postura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• suporta