premir

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• premer

Etymology

From Latin premere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈmi(ʁ)/ [pɾeˈmi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈmi(ʁ)/ [pɾeˈmi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈmi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈmi(ʁ)/ [pɾeˈmi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈmi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈmiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈmiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈmi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pre‧mir

Verb

premir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present preme, first-person singular preterite premi, past participle premido) (Brazil)
premir (first-person singular present primo, third-person singular present prime, first-person singular preterite premi, past participle premido) (Portugal)

1. to press; to compress

   Synonyms: espremer, apertar, comprimir

Conjugation

Brazil

    Conjugation of premir (defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	premir
Personal	premir	premires	premir	premirmos	premirdes	premirem
Gerund
	premindo
Past participle
Masculine	premido			premidos
Feminine	premida			premidas
Indicative
Present	—	premes	preme	premimos	premis	premem
Imperfect	premia	premias	premia	premíamos	premíeis	premiam
Preterite	premi	premiste	premiu	premimos	premistes	premiram
Pluperfect	premira	premiras	premira	premíramos	premíreis	premiram
Future	premirei	premirás	premirá	premiremos	premireis	premirão
Conditional	premiria	premirias	premiria	premiríamos	premiríeis	premiriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperfect	premisse	premisses	premisse	premíssemos	premísseis	premissem
Future	premir	premires	premir	premirmos	premirdes	premirem
Imperative
Affirmative		preme	—	—	premi	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Portugal

    Conjugation of premir (e becomes i when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	premir
Personal	premir	premires	premir	premirmos	premirdes	premirem
Gerund
	premindo
Past participle
Masculine	premido			premidos
Feminine	premida			premidas
Indicative
Present	primo	primes	prime	premimos	premis	primem
Imperfect	premia	premias	premia	premíamos	premíeis	premiam
Preterite	premi	premiste	premiu	premimos	premistes	premiram
Pluperfect	premira	premiras	premira	premíramos	premíreis	premiram
Future	premirei	premirás	premirá	premiremos	premireis	premirão
Conditional	premiria	premirias	premiria	premiríamos	premiríeis	premiriam
Subjunctive
Present	prima	primas	prima	primamos	primais	primam
Imperfect	premisse	premisses	premisse	premíssemos	premísseis	premissem
Future	premir	premires	premir	premirmos	premirdes	premirem
Imperative
Affirmative		prime	prima	primamos	premi	primam
Negative (não)		não primas	não prima	não primamos	não primais	não primam

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish premer, from Latin premere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈmiɾ/ [pɾeˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧mir

Verb

premir (first-person singular present primo, first-person singular preterite premí, past participle premido)

1. (obsolete) to press, squeeze

   Synonym: apretar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of premir (e-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			premir
gerund			primiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		premido		premida
		plural		premidos		premidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	primo	primestú premísvos	prime	premimos	premís	primen
	imperfect	premía	premías	premía	premíamos	premíais	premían
	preterite	premí	premiste	primió	premimos	premisteis	primieron
	future	premiré	premirás	premirá	premiremos	premiréis	premirán
	conditional	premiría	premirías	premiría	premiríamos	premiríais	premirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prima	primastú primásvos2	prima	primamos	primáis	priman
	imperfect (ra)	primiera	primieras	primiera	primiéramos	primierais	primieran
	imperfect (se)	primiese	primieses	primiese	primiésemos	primieseis	primiesen
	future1	primiere	primieres	primiere	primiéremos	primiereis	primieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		primetú premívos	prima	primamos	premid	priman
	negative		no primas	no prima	no primamos	no primáis	no priman

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “premir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16