pressurize

English

Alternative forms

• pressurise

Etymology

pressure +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛʃəɹaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Verb

pressurize (third-person singular simple present pressurizes, present participle pressurizing, simple past and past participle pressurized)

1. To put pressure on; to put under pressure.

   Antonym: depressurize

Translations

to put pressure on

• Bulgarian: поставям под налягане (postavjam pod naljagane)
• Catalan: pressuritzar
• Finnish: paineistaa (fi)
• French: pressuriser (fr)
• Galician: presurizar
• German: unter Druck setzen
• Italian: pressurizzare
• Portuguese: pressurizar (pt)
• Romanian: presuriza (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: stlačiti (sh) pf
• Spanish: presurizar (es)

Portuguese

Verb

pressurize

1. inflection of pressurizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative