apressar
Portuguese, verb/a.pɾeˈsa(ʁ)/
apressar is spelled A-P-R-E-S-S-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,237th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apressar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hurry; to hurry up (to begin acting more quickly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer com pressa”.
What does apressar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hurry; to hurry up (to begin acting more quickly)
- 2
to rush (to make someone act more quickly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer com pressa 2. ativar; acelerar; fazer andar depressa; aligeirar; tornar menos demorado 3. abreviar; encurtar; fazer chegar mais cedo 4. incitar; instigar; estimular
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apressar
- apresso first-person present singular
- apressei first-person preterite singular
- apressado participle past
- apressares infinitive second-person singular
- apressarmos first-person infinitive plural
- apressardes infinitive plural second-person
- apressarem infinitive plural third-person
- apressando gerund
- apressados masculine participle past
- apressada feminine participle past
- apressadas feminine participle past
- apressas indicative present second-person
- apressa indicative present singular
- apressamos first-person indicative plural
- apressais indicative plural present
- apressam indicative plural present
- apressava first-person imperfect indicative
- apressavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apressar?
- Brazil /a.pɾeˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pɾeˈsa(h)]
- /a.pɾeˈsa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apressar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apressar in Portuguese?
apressar appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).