apressar-se — meaning in English

English meaning

• dispatch verb To send something or someone off promptly for a specific purpose.
• hustle verb To push, shove, or move someone quickly and often roughly.
• rush verb To hurry or do something very quickly, sometimes carelessly.

Senses

apressar-se is used for these senses in English:

• dispatch (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
• hurry up (emphatic, ambitransitive) To hurry; to increase the speed of doing something.
• hustle (intransitive) To rush or hurry.
• rush (transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.

dispatch — full definition

1. verb To send something or someone off promptly for a specific purpose.
2. verb To deal with a task or piece of business quickly and efficiently.
3. noun A message, report, or shipment sent promptly, often an official or urgent one.

hustle — full definition

1. verb To push, shove, or move someone quickly and often roughly.
2. verb To work hard and energetically, especially to earn money.
3. verb To con or swindle someone, especially in a game or deal.
4. noun Determined effort and energetic activity, especially toward earning money.
5. noun A dishonest scheme; a scam.

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