apretar

Oznaczający

1. (transitive) to squeeze
2. (transitive) to tighten, constrict or compress
3. (transitive) to press (e.g., a button)
4. (transitive) to pull (e.g., the trigger)
5. (transitive) to grit (e.g., one's teeth), to clench (e.g., one's fist)
6. (transitive) to push down (e.g., a toilet plunger)
7. (transitive) to hold back
8. (transitive) to hold on to something

Łączone jako

a‧pre‧tar

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/apɾeˈtaɾ/

Etymologia

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.