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”). Cognate with Walloon and French près.

Adverb

presso

1. (rare) nearby, near, close

   Synonym: appresso

   da presso ― closely

Derived terms

Derived terms

• appresso
• pressapoco
• pressappoco
• pressoché

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. (mail) 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

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

• sperso, sporse

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpres.soː/, [ˈprɛs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpres.so/, [ˈprɛsːo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pressāre	pressāvisse	pressātūrum esse	pressārī	pressātum esse	pressātum īrī
participles		pressāns	—	pressātūrus	—	pressātus	pressandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pressandī	pressandō	pressandum	pressandō	pressātum	pressātū

Derived terms

• pressim
• pressiō
• pressōrium
• pressōrius
• pressulē
• pressulus

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