pressionar

Catalan

Etymology

pressió +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pressionar (first-person singular present pressiono, first-person singular preterite pressioní, past participle pressionat)

1. (transitive) to press

Further reading

• “pressionar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pressionar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pressiōnem + -ar, accusative of pressiō (“pressure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɾe.si.o.ˈna(ɹ)/, /ˌpɾe.sjo.ˈna(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˌpɾe.si.o.ˈna(ɻ)/, /ˌpɾe.sjo.ˈna(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˌpɾɨ.sju.ˈnaɾ/
• Hyphenation: pres‧si‧o‧nar

Verb

1. to press (apply pressure)

   Synonyms: apertar, comprimir, premer, prensar

   Antonyms: apertar, descomprimir, soltar

2. (computing) to click a button

   Synonyms: apertar, clicar

3. to press; to impel; to urge strongly
4. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pressionar.

Synonyms

• (to urge strongly): See Thesaurus:induzir

Related terms

• pressão
• pressionado
• pressionador
• pressionamento
• pressionante
• pressura