pressare

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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

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Latin

Verb

pressāre

  1. present active infinitive of pressō