alpremi

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Esperanto

Etymology

From al- +‎ premi.

Pronunciation

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

Conjugation of alpremi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense alpremas alpremis alpremos
active participle alpremanta alpremantaj alpreminta alpremintaj alpremonta alpremontaj
acc. alpremantan alpremantajn alpremintan alpremintajn alpremontan alpremontajn
passive participle alpremata alpremataj alpremita alpremitaj alpremota alpremotaj
acc. alprematan alprematajn alpremitan alpremitajn alpremotan alpremotajn
nominal active participle alpremanto alpremantoj alpreminto alpremintoj alpremonto alpremontoj
acc. alpremanton alpremantojn alpreminton alpremintojn alpremonton alpremontojn
nominal passive participle alpremato alprematoj alpremito alpremitoj alpremoto alpremotoj
acc. alprematon alprematojn alpremiton alpremitojn alpremoton alpremotojn
adverbial active participle alpremante alpreminte alpremonte
adverbial passive participle alpremate alpremite alpremote
infinitive alpremi imperative alpremu conditional alpremus
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