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presso.

nearby, near, close

6 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈprɛs.so/

  1. nearby, near, close

    rare
    da presso
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pressō, from Latin presse (“narrow, short”). Cognate with Walloon and French près.

prep/ˈprɛs.so/

  1. near

  2. beside, next to, by

  3. at, with

    Abito presso i miei zii.
    Lavoravo presso la ditta Bianchi.

  4. among, with

  5. care of (always followed by di)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pressō, from Latin presse (“narrow, short”). Cognate with Walloon and French près.

adj/ˈprɛs.so/

  1. near, close

    invariable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pressō, from Latin presse (“narrow, short”). Cognate with Walloon and French près.

adj/ˈprɛs.so/

  1. near, close

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pressō, from Latin presse (“narrow, short”). Cognate with Walloon and French près.

noun/ˈprɛs.so/

  1. vicinity, proximity

    masculine · plural-normally
    nei pressi di
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pressō, from Latin presse (“narrow, short”). Cognate with Walloon and French près.

verb/ˈprɛs.so/

  1. past participle of premere: (having been) pressed, compressed

    archaic · form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Latin pressus, perfect passive participle of premō (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to hit”).

verb/ˈprɛs.so/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pressare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

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