Italian

Verb

comprimo

1. first-person singular present indicative of comprimere

Anagrams

• compormi, coprimmo

Latin

Alternative forms

• conprimo

Etymology

From con- ‎(“with”) +‎ premō ‎(“to press”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pri.moː/, [ˈkɔm.prɪ.moː]

Verb

comprimō ‎(present infinitive comprimere, perfect active compressī, supine compressum); third conjugation

1. I compress (squeeze together)
2. I restrain, contain
3. I repress or curb (emotions etc)
4. I withhold or conceal

Inflection

Descendants

• English: compress
• French: comprimer
• Italian: comprimere
• Portuguese: comprimir
• Spanish: comprimir

References

• comprimo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• comprimo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “comprimo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

comprimo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of comprimir

Spanish

Verb

comprimo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of comprimir.