pressa
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾɛ.sɐ/
pressa is spelled P-R-E-S-S-A (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,625th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pressa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hurry; rush; haste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rapidez”.
What does pressa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehurry; rush; haste
Não tenho nenhuma pressa.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rapidez 2. velocidade 3. urgência 4. grande necessidade
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 pressa
- pressas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pressa?
- Brazil /ˈpɾɛ.sɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpɾɛ.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pressa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pressa in Portuguese?
pressa appears 18 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).