apresar
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
By surface analysis, a- + presa + -ar.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧pre‧sar
Verb edit
apresar (first-person singular present apreso, first-person singular preterite apresei, past participle apresado)
- (transitive) to capture
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of apresar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading edit
- “apresar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “apresar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “apresar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “apresar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “apresar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “apresar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin apprēnsāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
apresar (first-person singular present apreso, first-person singular preterite apresé, past participle apresado)
- (transitive) to seize, capture (especially with claws or talons)
- (transitive) to imprison
- Synonyms: aprisionar, tomar preso
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of apresar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of apresar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “apresar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014