apertar

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

• IPA^(key): [apeɾˈtaɾ]

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

• 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
   • 2002, Hosmany Ramos, Seqüestro sangrento, Geração Editorial, →ISBN, page 61:

     Ele acompanhou o teipe até o fim. Quando a gravação terminou, Condor apertou a tecla eject, retirou a fita e a colocou dentro de uma caixa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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 [a right] time to "make head" [smoke marijuana])

• apertar as mãos (“to shake hands”)

• “apertar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “apertar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025