apretar.
to squeeze
Meaning & usage
to squeeze
to tighten, constrict or compress
to press (e.g., a button)
to pull (e.g., the trigger)
to grit (e.g., one's teeth), to clench (e.g., one's fist)
to push down (e.g., a toilet plunger)
to hold back
to hold on to (something)
to intensify
La cosa se está apretando.
to start (an action)
Apreté a correr.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Late Latin appectorāre (undergoing metathesis in Old Spanish; compare similar occurrences in pretal, pretil, pretina), from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Portuguese apertar, Catalan apitrar.
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