apretura

See also: apreturą

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Appretur, from French appreter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.prɛˈtu.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: a‧pre‧tu‧ra

Noun

apretura f

1. finish (the process or result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth)

Declension

Declension of apretura

	singular	plural
nominative	apretura	apretury
genitive	apretury	apretur
dative	apreturze	apreturom
accusative	apreturę	apretury
instrumental	apreturą	apreturami
locative	apreturze	apreturach
vocative	apreturo	apretury

Derived terms

(adjective):

• apreturowy

(verb):

• apreturować

Further reading

• apretura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• apretura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From apretar +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apɾeˈtuɾa/ [a.pɾeˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: a‧pre‧tu‧ra

Noun

apretura f (plural apreturas)

1. squeeze (situation in which there are too many people, things, etc., in a small space)
2. fix; predicament (difficult situation)
3. conflict
4. poverty

Further reading

• “apretura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10