reprimir

Meaning

1. to repress (to forcefully prevent an upheaval from growing)
2. to restrain (to control or keep in check)

Concepts

repress

restrain

suppress

reprimand

stifle

chew out

chew up

chide

curb

dress down

hold down

hold in

jaw

keep down

lambast

lambaste

lecture

quench

rag

rebuke

refrain

remonstrate

reproof

scold

trounce

call on the carpet

have words

bawl out

take to task

berate

blunt

burke

call down

Synonyms

repreender

encarcerar

incriminar

repreensão

reprovar

condenar

censurar

reprimendar

Translations

réprimer

reprimir

reprimir

reprimere

unterdrücken

reprender

trattenere

réprimander

rimproverare

onderdrukken

aufhalten

verdrängen

zurechtweisen

zurückhalten

anhalten

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁe.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Latin reprimō.