Dictionary · verb
alpremi
alpremi/alˈpre.mi/
Official root prem- (Fundamento, 1905)
alpremi is an Esperanto verb meaning “clasp”.
Meaning
- to press against
- to lean up against, press against, hold, clasp, hug
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Definition in Esperanto
- Premi, puŝante al io aŭ iu
- hirundo kun la belaj flugiloj forte alpremitaj al la flanko
- ŝi alpremis sian buŝon al mia kaj siajn brakojn ŝi metis ĉirkaŭ mian kolon
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Pronunciation
- IPA
- /alˈpre.mi/
- Syllables
- al·PRE·mi
Word structure
Forms
| infinitive | alpremi |
|---|---|
| present | alpremas |
| past | alpremis |
| future | alpremos |
| conditional | alpremus |
| volitive | alpremu |
| active participle · ongoing | alpremanta |
| active participle · completed | alpreminta |
| active participle · about to | alpremonta |
Example sentences
- Ili alpremis min al la muro.They pressed me against the wall. #3159175
- Tomaso alpremis al sia kapo pakon de glacio.Tom pressed an ice pack to his head. #11163945
- Ludmila Novikova (translator), Fatalaj Ovoj (The Fatal Eggs) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Chapter 8,The copses were hushed, and Dunya, fatal as a wood nymph, listened, her cheek pressed against the rough, ginger and manly cheek of the driver. (Michael Karpelson translation, 1993)
- Heinrich August Luyken, Stranga Heredaĵo, Ĉapitro 8,The two friends were sitting together, holding each other (lit. pressing themselves against each other)
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Related words
prem-
- -o -a -i
- -ad- continued action
- -aĵ- concrete thing
- -il- tool, instrument
- -iĝ- become, get
- dis- apart, in all directions
- compounds
alpremi ĉirkaŭpremi elpremi kontraŭpremi kunpremi subpremi subpremo aerpremo korpremi korpremo manpremo piedpremi rulpremi sangopremo
In other languages
| Español | apretar (contra), presionar(contra) |
|---|---|
| Français | acculer, blottir, appuyer (à, contre) |
| Deutsch | andrücken |
| Polski | dociskać, przyciskać, zatamować |
| Русский | прижимать, прижать, придавить |
| Українська | притискати придавлювати, пригортати |
| Nederlands | aandrukken, wegdrukken |
| Čeština | přitisknout (k), přivinout |
| Slovenčina | pritisnúť, privinúť |
| Magyar | odaszorít, rászorít |
| 中文 | 坚持下去 |
| 日本語 | 押しつける |
| Bahasa Indonesia | mengimpit, menjepit, menekan, menindih |
| Беларуская | прыціскаць |
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