apressar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From a- +‎ pressa +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.pɾəˈsa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.pɾeˈsaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [a.pɾeˈsa] === Verb === apressar (first-person singular present apresso, first-person singular preterite apressí, past participle apressat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (transitive) to rush, to hurry, to press (to make someone act more quickly) Synonyms: donar pressa, empènyer, accelerar (pronominal) to hurry; to hurry up (to begin acting more quickly) (intransitive) to be urgent Synonym: córrer pressa ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “apressar”, 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 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From a- + pressa (“hurry, urgency”) + -ar. === Pronunciation === (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [ˌa.pɾe.ˈsah] === Verb === apressar (first-person singular present apresso, first-person singular preterite apressei, past participle apressado) (pronominal) to hurry; to hurry up (to begin acting more quickly) Synonym: acelerar (transitive) to rush (to make someone act more quickly) Synonym: acelerar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== apressado, pressionar, pressa, apressador, apressurado === Further reading === “apressar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “apressar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026