împresura

Romanian

Etymology

From în + Vulgar Latin *pressurāre, from Latin pressura, or from Vulgar Latin root *impressoriāre, from Latin pressorium, or ultimately from pressus through a resulting hypothetical lost word in Romanian, *pres and its plural *presuri.

Pronunciation

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Verb

a împresura (third-person singular present împresură, past participle împresurat) 1st conjugation

  1. to besiege, beleaguer, beset
  2. to encircle

Conjugation

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