apertar

From Old Galician-Portuguese apretar, perhaps from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus.

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apertar (first-person singular present aperto, first-person singular preterite apertei, past participle apertado)

1. (transitive) to press
2. (transitive) to squeeze
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 58:

     Effectivamente os sapatos apertavam-lhe os dedos, faziam-lhe callos.

     Effectively the shoes squeezed his fingers, made calluses.

3. (transitive) to tighten
4. (transitive) to shake hands
5. (transitive) to hug
6. (transitive) to wring

   Synonyms: espremer, premer

7. (transitive) to pressure, put pressure on
8. (intransitive) to hurry
9. (intransitive, of shoes) to be tight

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “apertar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “apert”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apertar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “apertar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “apertar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apertar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from English aperture, French aperture, Italian apertura, Russian аперту́ра (apertúra), Spanish apertura, ultimately from Latin apertus, perfect passive participle of aperiō (“I open; I uncover”). Compare Esperanto aperti.

• IPA^(key): /aperˈtar/

apertar (present apertas, past apertis, future apertos, conditional apertus, imperative apertez)

1. (transitive, also figuratively) to open, unclose

   Antonym: klozar

Conjugation of apertar

		present		past		future
infinitive		apertar		apertir		apertor
tense		apertas		apertis		apertos
conditional		apertus		—		—
imperative		apertez		—		—
adjective active participle		apertanta		apertinta		apertonta
adverbial active participle		apertante		apertinte		apertonte
nominal active participle	singular	apertanto		apertinto		apertonto
	plural	apertanti		apertinti		apertonti
adjective passive participle		apertata		apertita		apertota
adverbial passive participle		apertate		apertite		apertote
nominal passive participle	singular	apertato		apertito		apertoto
	plural	apertati		apertiti		apertoti

• desklozar

From Old Galician-Portuguese apretar, from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus.

• Hyphenation: a‧per‧tar

apertar (first-person singular present aperto, first-person singular preterite apertei, past participle apertado)

1. to tighten
2. to press, clasp, clamp
3. (Brazil, slang, intransitive) to roll (a joint, a marijuana cigarette)

   Synonym: bolar

   • 1986, “Malandragem Dá Um Tempo”, in Alô Malandragem, Maloca o Flagrante, performed by Bezerra da Silva:

     Vou apertar
     Mas não vou acender agora
     Se segura, malandro
     Pra fazer cabeça tem hora

     I will roll (a joint)
     But I will not light it now
     Hold yourself, malandro
     You should smoke at the right time (lit.: There is time to "make head" )

For quotations using this term, see Citations:apertar.

• apertar as mãos (“to shake hands”)