postular
Catalan
Verb
postular (first-person singular present postulo, past participle postulat)
- to apply (for)
- to postulate
Conjugation
Conjugation of postular (first conjugation)
| infinitive | postular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | postulant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | postulat | postulada | |||||
| plural | postulats | postulades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | postulo | postules | postula | postulem | postuleu | postulen | |
| imperfect | postulava | postulaves | postulava | postulàvem | postulàveu | postulaven | |
| future | postularé | postularàs | postularà | postularem | postulareu | postularan | |
| preterite | postulí | postulares | postulà | postulàrem | postulàreu | postularen | |
| conditional | postularia | postularies | postularia | postularíem | postularíeu | postularien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | postuli | postulis | postuli | postulem | postuleu | postulin | |
| imperfect | postulés | postulessis | postulés | postuléssim | postuléssiu | postulessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | postula | postuli | postulem | postuleu | postulin | ||
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin postulāre. Also found in the older usages of English postulate and French postuler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /postuˈlar/
Verb
postular (present postulas, past postulis, future postulos, conditional postulus, imperative postulez)
- (transitive) to demand, exact, require
Conjugation
Conjugation of postular
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | postular | postulir | postulor | ||||
| tense | postulas | postulis | postulos | ||||
| conditional | postulus | ||||||
| imperative | postulez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | postulanta | postulinta | postulonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | postulante | postulinte | postulonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | postulanto | postulinto | postulonto | |||
| plural | postulanti | postulinti | postulonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | postulata | postulita | postulota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | postulate | postulite | postulote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | postulato | postulito | postuloto | |||
| plural | postulati | postuliti | postuloti | ||||
Derived terms
- postulo (“demand, requirement, exigency”)
- postulajo (“what is demanded, claimed”)
- postulema (“exacting”)
See also
- demandar
References
- Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, pages 78, 167
- Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 224
Portuguese
Verb
postular (first-person singular present postulo, first-person singular preterite postulei, past participle postulado)
- to postulate
Conjugation
Conjugation of postular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | postular | |||||
| Personal | postular | postulares | postular | postularmos | postulardes | postularem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| postulando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | postulado | postulados | ||||
| Feminine | postulada | postuladas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | postulo | postulas | postula | postulamos | postulais | postulam |
| Imperfect | postulava | postulavas | postulava | postulávamos | postuláveis | postulavam |
| Preterite | postulei | postulaste | postulou | postulamos1, postulámos2 | postulastes | postularam |
| Pluperfect | postulara | postularas | postulara | postuláramos | postuláreis | postularam |
| Future | postularei | postularás | postulará | postularemos | postulareis | postularão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| postularia | postularias | postularia | postularíamos | postularíeis | postulariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | postule | postules | postule | postulemos | postuleis | postulem |
| Imperfect | postulasse | postulasses | postulasse | postulássemos | postulásseis | postulassem |
| Future | postular | postulares | postular | postularmos | postulardes | postularem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | postula | postule | postulemos | postulai | postulem | |
| Negative (não) | não postules | não postule | não postulemos | não postuleis | não postulem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin postulō.
Verb
postular (first-person singular present postulo, first-person singular preterite postulé, past participle postulado)
- to nominate
- (reflexive) to apply (for example to a job)
- Se postuló para un trabajo.
- He applied for a job.
- to postulate
Conjugation
Conjugation of postular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | postular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | postulando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | postulado | postulada | |||||
| plural | postulados | postuladas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | postulo | postulastú postulásvos | postula | postulamos | postuláis | postulan | |
| imperfect | postulaba | postulabas | postulaba | postulábamos | postulabais | postulaban | |
| preterite | postulé | postulaste | postuló | postulamos | postulasteis | postularon | |
| future | postularé | postularás | postulará | postularemos | postularéis | postularán | |
| conditional | postularía | postularías | postularía | postularíamos | postularíais | postularían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | postule | postulestú postulésvos2 | postule | postulemos | postuléis | postulen | |
| imperfect (ra) | postulara | postularas | postulara | postuláramos | postularais | postularan | |
| imperfect (se) | postulase | postulases | postulase | postulásemos | postulaseis | postulasen | |
| future1 | postulare | postulares | postulare | postuláremos | postulareis | postularen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | postulatú postulávos | postule | postulemos | postulad | postulen | ||
| negative | no postules | no postule | no postulemos | no postuléis | no postulen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of postular
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive postular | |||||||
| dative | postularme | postularte | postularle, postularse | postularnos | postularos | postularles, postularse | |
| accusative | postularme | postularte | postularlo, postularla, postularse | postularnos | postularos | postularlos, postularlas, postularse | |
| with gerund postulando | |||||||
| dative | postulándome | postulándote | postulándole, postulándose | postulándonos | postulándoos | postulándoles, postulándose | |
| accusative | postulándome | postulándote | postulándolo, postulándola, postulándose | postulándonos | postulándoos | postulándolos, postulándolas, postulándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative postula | |||||||
| dative | postúlame | postúlate | postúlale | postúlanos | not used | postúlales | |
| accusative | postúlame | postúlate | postúlalo, postúlala | postúlanos | not used | postúlalos, postúlalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative postulá | |||||||
| dative | postulame | postulate | postulale | postulanos | not used | postulales | |
| accusative | postulame | postulate | postulalo, postulala | postulanos | not used | postulalos, postulalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative postule | |||||||
| dative | postúleme | not used | postúlele, postúlese | postúlenos | not used | postúleles | |
| accusative | postúleme | not used | postúlelo, postúlela, postúlese | postúlenos | not used | postúlelos, postúlelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative postulemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | postulémoste | postulémosle | postulémonos | postulémoos | postulémosles | |
| accusative | not used | postulémoste | postulémoslo, postulémosla | postulémonos | postulémoos | postulémoslos, postulémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative postulad | |||||||
| dative | postuladme | not used | postuladle | postuladnos | postulaos | postuladles | |
| accusative | postuladme | not used | postuladlo, postuladla | postuladnos | postulaos | postuladlos, postuladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative postulen | |||||||
| dative | postúlenme | not used | postúlenle | postúlennos | not used | postúlenles, postúlense | |
| accusative | postúlenme | not used | postúlenlo, postúlenla | postúlennos | not used | postúlenlos, postúlenlas, postúlense | |
Further reading
- “postular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014