prémer

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin premere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpɾe̞.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈpɾe.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɾe.meɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈpɾe.me]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

prémer (first-person singular present premo, first-person singular preterite premí, past participle premut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to squeeze, to press

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of prémer (second conjugation)

infinitive			prémer
gerund			prement
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		premut		premuda
		plural		premuts		premudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	premo	prems	prem	premem	premeu	premen
	imperfect	premia	premies	premia	premíem	premíeu	premien
	future	premeré	premeràs	premerà	premerem	premereu	premeran
	preterite	premí	premeres	premé	premérem	preméreu	premeren
	conditional	premeria	premeries	premeria	premeríem	premeríeu	premerien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	premi	premis	premi	premem	premeu	premin
	imperfect	premés	premessis	premés	preméssim	preméssiu	premessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	prem	premi	premem	premeu	premin
	negative (no)	—	no premis	no premi	no premem	no premeu	no premin

Related terms

• esprémer
• premsar
• pressa

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “prémer”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Further reading

• “prémer”, 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