apressar

From a- +‎ pressa +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pɾəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.pɾeˈsaɾ]

apressar (first-person singular present apresso, first-person singular preterite apressí, past participle apressat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to rush, to hurry, to press (to make someone act more quickly)

   Synonyms: donar pressa, empènyer, accelerar

2. (pronominal) to hurry; to hurry up (to begin acting more quickly)
3. (intransitive) to be urgent

   Synonym: córrer pressa

• “apressar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From a- +‎ pressa (“hurry, urgency”), from Latin pressa (“press”).

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌa.pɾe.ˈsah]

apressar (first-person singular present apresso, first-person singular preterite apressei, past participle apressado)

1. (pronominal) to hurry; to hurry up (to begin acting more quickly)

   Synonym: acelerar

2. (transitive) to rush (to make someone act more quickly)

   Synonym: acelerar

• apressado, pressionar, pressa, apressador, apressurado