apressar

Portuguese

Etymology

A- + pressa (hurry, urgency), from Latin pressa (press).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾɨ.ˈsaɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌa.pɾe.ˈsa(ʁ)/
    • (Paulista) IPA(key): [ˌa.pɾe.ˈsa(ɹ)], [ˌa.pɾe.ˈsa(ɾ)]
    • (South Brazil) IPA(key): [ˌa.pɾe.ˈsa(ɻ)], [ˌa.pɾe.ˈsa(ɾ)]
    • (Carioca) IPA(key): [ˌa.pɾe.ˈsa(χ)]
    • (Nordestino) IPA(key): [ˌa.pɾe.ˈsah]

Verb

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

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to hurry; to hurry up (to begin acting more quickly)
  2. (transitive) to rush (to make someone act more quickly)

Conjugation

Synonyms

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