oppress
Significado (Inglés)
- (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
- (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.
- (obsolete, transitive) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
- (obsolete, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.
Conceptos
agrupar apretadamente
ejercer presión
Sinónimos
treat badly
treat cruelly
press down
trample down
Traducciones
unterdrücken
opprimere
opprimer
oprimir
persen
premere
oprimirFrecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/əˈpɹɛs/
Etimología (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress”), frequentative of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress”), from ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”); see press.
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