presso

See also: pressò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɛs.so/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsso
  • Hyphenation: près‧so

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pressō, from Latin presse (“narrow, short”).[1] Cognate with Walloon and French près.

Adverb

presso

  1. (rare) nearby, near, close
    Synonym: appresso
    da presso ― closely
Derived terms

Preposition

presso

  1. near
    Synonym: vicino a
  2. beside, next to, by
    Synonyms: accanto a, a fianco di
  3. at, with
    Synonyms: a casa di, da
    Abito presso i miei zii. ― I live with my uncles.
    Lavoravo presso la ditta Bianchi. ― I worked at Bianchi's.
  4. among, with
    Synonyms: tra, fra
  5. (postal) care of (always followed by di)
    Synonym: c/o

Adjective

presso (invariable)

  1. near, close

Adjective

presso (feminine pressa, masculine plural pressi, feminine plural presse)

  1. (archaic) near, close

Noun

presso m (plural pressi)

  1. (usually in the plural) vicinity, proximity
    nei pressi di ― in the vicinity of

References

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Further reading

  • presso1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From Latin pressus, perfect passive participle of premō (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to hit”).

Participle

presso (feminine pressa, masculine plural pressi, feminine plural presse)

  1. (archaic) past participle of premere: (having been) pressed, compressed

Further reading

  • presso2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

presso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pressare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From premō +‎ -tō (through its perfect passive participle pressus).

Verb

pressō (present infinitive pressāre, perfect active pressāvī, supine pressātum); first conjugation

  1. to press, squeeze
Conjugation
   Conjugation of pressō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pressō pressās pressat pressāmus pressātis pressant
imperfect pressābam pressābās pressābat pressābāmus pressābātis pressābant
future pressābō pressābis pressābit pressābimus pressābitis pressābunt
perfect pressāvī pressāvistī pressāvit pressāvimus pressāvistis pressāvērunt,
pressāvēre
pluperfect pressāveram pressāverās pressāverat pressāverāmus pressāverātis pressāverant
future perfect pressāverō pressāveris pressāverit pressāverimus pressāveritis pressāverint
passive present pressor pressāris,
pressāre 		pressātur pressāmur pressāminī pressantur
imperfect pressābar pressābāris,
pressābāre 		pressābātur pressābāmur pressābāminī pressābantur
future pressābor pressāberis,
pressābere 		pressābitur pressābimur pressābiminī pressābuntur
perfect pressātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect pressātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect pressātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pressem pressēs presset pressēmus pressētis pressent
imperfect pressārem pressārēs pressāret pressārēmus pressārētis pressārent
perfect pressāverim pressāverīs pressāverit pressāverīmus pressāverītis pressāverint
pluperfect pressāvissem pressāvissēs pressāvisset pressāvissēmus pressāvissētis pressāvissent
passive present presser pressēris,
pressēre 		pressētur pressēmur pressēminī pressentur
imperfect pressārer pressārēris,
pressārēre 		pressārētur pressārēmur pressārēminī pressārentur
perfect pressātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect pressātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — pressā — — pressāte —
future — pressātō pressātō — pressātōte pressantō
passive present — pressāre — — pressāminī —
future — pressātor pressātor — — pressantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present pressāre pressārī pressāns —
future pressātūrum esse pressātum īrī pressātūrus pressandus
perfect pressāvisse pressātum esse — pressātus
future perfect — pressātum fore — —
perfect potential pressātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pressandī pressandō pressandum pressandō pressātum pressātū
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Catalan: premsar
  • → Danish: presse (via Medieval Latin), pressere (via Middle French)
  • → Dutch: pressen (via Medieval Latin), presseren (via Middle French)
  • → English: press
  • French: presser
  • → German: pressen (via Medieval Latin), pressieren (via Middle French)
  • → Greek: πρεσάρω (presáro)
  • Haitian Creole: prese
  • Italian: pressare
  • → Norwegian:
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: presse (via Medieval Latin), pressere (via Middle French)
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: presse (via Medieval Latin), pressere (via Middle French)
  • Portuguese: prensar
  • → Russian: прессовать (pressovatʹ)
  • Romanian: presa
  • → Serbo-Croatian
    → Cyrillic: пресовати
    → Latin: presovati
  • Spanish: prensar
  • → Swedish: pressa (via Medieval Latin)
  • → Ukrainian: прессувати (pressuvaty)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

pressō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pressus

References

  • “presso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “presso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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