alpremi

Esperanto

Etymology

From al- + premi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alˈpremi]
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Hyphenation: al‧pre‧mi

Verb

alpremi (present alpremas, past alpremis, future alpremos, conditional alpremus, volitive alpremu)

  1. (transitive) to press against
    • Ludmila Novikova (translator), Fatalaj Ovoj (The Fatal Eggs) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Chapter 8,
      La boskoj svenis, kaj Dunja, kovarda, kiel arbara nimfo, aŭskultis, alpreminte la vangon al la stopla, rufa kaj brava vango de la ŝoforo.
      The copses were hushed, and Dunya, fatal as a wood nymph, listened, her cheek pressed against the rough, ginger and manly cheek of the driver. (Michael Karpelson translation, 1993)
  2. (reflexive) to lean up against, press against, hold, clasp, hug
    • Heinrich August Luyken, Stranga Heredaĵo, Ĉapitro 8,
      La du amikinoj sidis kune, sin alpremante unu al la alia.
      The two friends were sitting together, holding each other (lit. pressing themselves against each other)
    • Kazimierz Bein (translator), Patroj kaj filoj (Отцы и дети, Fathers and Children/Fathers and Sons) by Ivan Turgenev, Chapter 20,
      Ŝiaj rondetaj manoj tuj ĉirkaŭprenis lian kolon, ŝia kapo sin alpremis al lia brusto, kaj ĉio eksilentis.
      Her plump little hands were instantly twined round his neck, her head was pressed to his breast, and there was a complete hush. (Constance Garnett translation, Collier, 1917)

Conjugation

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