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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin appectorāre (undergoing metathesis in Old Spanish; compare similar occurrences in pretal, pretil, pretina), from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Portuguese apertar, Catalan apitrar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apɾeˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pre‧tar
Verb
apretar (first-person singular present aprieto, first-person singular preterite apreté, past participle apretado)
- (transitive) to squeeze
- (transitive) to tighten, constrict or compress
- (transitive) to press (e.g., a button)
- (transitive) to pull (e.g., the trigger)
- (transitive) to grit (e.g., one's teeth), to clench (e.g., one's fist)
- (transitive) to push down (e.g., a toilet plunger)
- (transitive) to hold back
- (transitive) to hold on to something
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of apretar (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive apretar
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| dative
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apretarme
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apretarte
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apretarle, apretarse
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apretarnos
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apretaros
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apretarles, apretarse
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| accusative
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apretarme
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apretarte
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apretarlo, apretarla, apretarse
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apretarnos
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apretaros
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apretarlos, apretarlas, apretarse
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| with gerund apretando
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| dative
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apretándome
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apretándote
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apretándole, apretándose
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apretándonos
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apretándoos
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apretándoles, apretándose
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| accusative
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apretándome
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apretándote
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apretándolo, apretándola, apretándose
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apretándonos
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apretándoos
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apretándolos, apretándolas, apretándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative aprieta
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| dative
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apriétame
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apriétate
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apriétale
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apriétanos
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not used
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apriétales
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| accusative
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apriétame
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apriétate
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apriétalo, apriétala
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apriétanos
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not used
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apriétalos, apriétalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative apretá
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| dative
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apretame
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apretate
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apretale
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apretanos
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not used
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apretales
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| accusative
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apretame
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apretate
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apretalo, apretala
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apretanos
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not used
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apretalos, apretalas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative apriete
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| dative
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apriéteme
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not used
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apriétele, apriétese
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apriétenos
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not used
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apriételes
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| accusative
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apriéteme
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not used
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apriételo, apriétela, apriétese
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apriétenos
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not used
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apriételos, apriételas
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| with first-person plural imperative apretemos
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| dative
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not used
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apretémoste
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apretémosle
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apretémonos
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apretémoos
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apretémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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apretémoste
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apretémoslo, apretémosla
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apretémonos
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apretémoos
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apretémoslos, apretémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative apretad
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| dative
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apretadme
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not used
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apretadle
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apretadnos
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apretaos
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apretadles
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| accusative
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apretadme
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not used
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apretadlo, apretadla
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apretadnos
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apretaos
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apretadlos, apretadlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative aprieten
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| dative
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apriétenme
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not used
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apriétenle
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apriétennos
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not used
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apriétenles, apriétense
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| accusative
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apriétenme
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not used
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apriétenlo, apriétenla
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apriétennos
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not used
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apriétenlos, apriétenlas, apriétense
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