apretar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to squeeze
- (transitive) to tighten, constrict or compress
- (transitive) to press e.g., a button
- (transitive) to pull e.g., the trigger
- (transitive) to grit e.g., one's teeth, to clench e.g., one's fist
- (transitive) to push down e.g., a toilet plunger
- (transitive) to hold back
- (transitive) to hold on to something
Etymology
Inherited from Latin appectorāre, pectus (chest, breast).
Origin
Latin
pectus
Gloss
chest, breast
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
胸
Emoji
🧰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pectus English
- *pectorile, *pectorilis Latin
- *pectorina Latin
- *pectorīna Latin
- appectorāre Latin
- pectoralis Latin
- pectus Latin
- petto Italian
- pettorina Italian
- apretura Spanish, Castilian
- apretón Spanish, Castilian
- pecho Spanish, Castilian
- *peg Proto-Indo-European
- apertamento Portuguese
- apertar Portuguese
- ampit Catalan, Valencian
- pit Catalan, Valencian
- piept Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- apretar Old Portuguese
- peito Old Portuguese
- preto Old Portuguese
- cheptu Aromanian
- *pektos Proto-Italic
- pet Romansh
- pèz Romansh
- péz Romansh
- pechu Asturian
- pet Friulian
- pettu Sicilian
- perta Kabuverdianu
- pitto Istriot
- peito Aragonese
- apreta Chavacano
- kľeptu Istro-Romanian
- kľeptu Megleno-Romanian