pressare
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)
- to press
- to urge or solicit insistently; to beg
- to pressure
- era pressato dai compiti
- his tasks were pressing (to him)
- (literally, “he was pressured by his tasks”)
- (sports, especially soccer) to use pressing
Conjugation
Conjugation of pressàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
pressāre
- present active infinitive of pressō