postular

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pus.tuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [pos.tuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pos.tuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

postular (first-person singular present postulo, first-person singular preterite postulí, past participle postulat)

1. to apply (for)
2. to postulate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of postular (first conjugation)

infinitive			postular
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	postula	postuli	postulem	postuleu	postulin
	negative (no)	—	no postulis	no postuli	no postulem	no postuleu	no 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)

1. (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, page 78, 167
• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 224

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pos.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [pos.tuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pos.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [pos.tuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pos.tuˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʃ.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [poʃ.tuˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pos.tuˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃ.tuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃ.tuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃ.tuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧lar

Verb

postular (first-person singular present postulo, first-person singular preterite postulei, past participle postulado)

1. 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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti

Proto-Italic *porskō

Latin poscō?

Latin postulārelbor.

Spanish postular

Learned borrowing from Latin postulāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /postuˈlaɾ/ [pos.t̪uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pos‧tu‧lar

Verb

postular (first-person singular present postulo, first-person singular preterite postulé, past participle postulado)

1. to nominate
2. (reflexive) to apply (for example to a job)

   Se postuló para un trabajo.

   He applied for a job.

3. 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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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

Related terms

• póstula
• postulación
• postulador
• postulante

Further reading

• “postular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026