pressare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pressāre, frequentative of premō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /presˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pres‧sà‧re

Verb

pressàre (first-person singular present prèsso, first-person singular past historic pressài, past participle pressàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to press
  2. to urge or solicit insistently; to beg
  3. to pressure
    era pressato dai compiti
    his tasks were pressing (to him)
    (literally, “he was pressured by his tasks”)
  4. (sports, especially soccer) to use pressing

Conjugation

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

pressāre

  1. present active infinitive of pressō
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