apertar.
to press
Meaning & usage
to press
to squeeze
to tighten
to shake hands
to hug
to wring
to pressure, put pressure on
to hurry
to be tight
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese apretar, perhaps from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus.
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