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Etymology
From a- + pressa + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
apressar (first-person singular present apresso, first-person singular preterite apressí, past participle apressat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to rush, to hurry, to press (to make someone act more quickly)
- Synonyms: donar pressa, empènyer, accelerar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to hurry; to hurry up (to begin acting more quickly)
- (intransitive) to be urgent
- Synonym: córrer pressa
Conjugation
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Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + pressa (“hurry, urgency”), from Latin pressa (“press”).
Pronunciation
Verb
apressar (first-person singular present apresso, first-person singular preterite apressei, past participle apressado)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to hurry; to hurry up (to begin acting more quickly)
- Synonym: acelerar
- (transitive) to rush (to make someone act more quickly)
- Synonym: acelerar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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