pressionar

From pressió +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.si.uˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.si.oˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.si.oˈnaɾ]

pressionar (first-person singular present pressiono, first-person singular preterite pressioní, past participle pressionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to press (to exert weight or force against)
2. (transitive) to press, to urge, to impel (to force to a certain end or result)

• “pressionar”, 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
• “pressionar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “pressionar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pressionar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin pressiōnem (“pressure”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: pres‧si‧o‧nar

pressionar (first-person singular present pressiono, first-person singular preterite pressionei, past participle pressionado)

1. to press (apply pressure)

   Synonyms: apertar, comprimir, premer, prensar

   Antonyms: apertar, descomprimir, soltar

2. (computing) to click a button

   Synonyms: apertar, clicar

   • 2005, André Machado, Aroaldo Veneu, Fernando de Oliveira, Linux: comece aqui, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 15:

     Em Documentos Recentes, aparecem os arquivos recém-criados pelo usuário (para conferir, pressionei Print Screen no teclado, capturando a área de trabalho e transformando-a num screenshot no Gimp. Mas isso é assunto para mais adiante).

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3. to press; to impel; to urge strongly

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:induzir