oprimir

Borrowed from Latin opprimere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.pɾiˈmi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.pɾiˈmi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [o.pɾiˈmiɾ]

oprimir (first-person singular present oprimeixo, first-person singular preterite oprimí, past participle oprimit)

1. (transitive) to oppress

• opressió
• opressiu

• “oprimir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oprimir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “oprimir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oprimir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• opprimir (obsolete)

Learned borrowing from Latin opprimere (“to suppress”).

• Homophone: oprimi (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: o‧pri‧mir

oprimir (first-person singular present oprimo, first-person singular preterite oprimi, past participle oprimido, short past participle opresso)

1. to oppress (keep down by force)

   Synonyms: dominar, submeter

Borrowed from Latin opprimĕre.

• IPA^(key): /opɾiˈmiɾ/ [o.pɾiˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: o‧pri‧mir

oprimir (first-person singular present oprimo, first-person singular preterite oprimí, past participle oprimido)

1. (transitive) to press (e.g., a button or key on a telephone or keyboard)

   Synonym: pulsar

2. (transitive) to oppress

   Synonym: opresar (obsolete)

• “oprimir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014