presionar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dragoon noun Historically, a mounted soldier who could fight on foot or on horseback.
- press verb To push firmly against something, or push down on a button or surface.
- pressure noun The continuous force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
- strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
Senses
presionar is used for these senses in English:
- dragoon Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
- pressure (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
- strain (ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
dragoon — full definition
- noun Historically, a mounted soldier who could fight on foot or on horseback.
- verb To force or pressure someone into doing something through intimidation.
press — full definition
- verb To push firmly against something, or push down on a button or surface.
- verb To urge someone strongly to do or agree to something.
- noun Newspapers and journalists collectively; the news media.
- noun A machine used to apply strong force, such as for printing or shaping material.