premer

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Latin premere (“to press; to pursue”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres- (“to press”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈmeɾ/

Verb

premer (first-person singular present premo, first-person singular preterite premín, past participle premido)
premer (first-person singular present premo, first-person singular preterite premim or premi, past participle premido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to press

   Synonym: calcar

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 119:

     ffazese nas costas do Cauallo hũa door que faz jnchaço grande et geerase daquel jnchaço carnes podres, et esto ven da sella que he maa ou do gran carrego que o preme moito, et aas vezes dura moito este jnchaço, fazese ende hũa peça de carne poçoenta que chega aos osos et sal vinino ou agooa.

     There appear in the sides of the horse an ache that produces a large swelling and that swelling creates rotten flesh, and this is because of the saddle, that is of poor quality, or from the large load that presses much, and sometimes this swelling last a long time; it then appears a piece of venomous flesh that reaches the bones and pus or water comes out

2. to push

   Prema o botón.

   Push the button.

3. to urge
4. to click a computer mouse
5. to squeeze

   Synonym: espremer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of premer

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	premer
Personal	premer	premeres	premer	premermos	premerdes	premeren
Gerund
	premendo
Past participle
Masculine	premido			premidos
Feminine	premida			premidas
Indicative
Present	premo	premes	preme	prememos	premedes	premen
Imperfect	premía	premías	premía	premiamos	premiades	premían
Preterite	premín	premiches	premeu	prememos	premestes	premeron
Pluperfect	premera	premeras	premera	premeramos	premerades	premeran
Future	premerei	premerás	premerá	premeremos	premeredes	premerán
Conditional	premería	premerías	premería	premeriamos	premeriades	premerían
Subjunctive
Present	prema	premas	prema	premamos	premades	preman
Imperfect	premese	premeses	premese	premésemos	premésedes	premesen
Future	premer	premeres	premer	premermos	premerdes	premeren
Imperative
Affirmative		preme	prema	premamos	premede	preman
Negative (non)		non premas	non prema	non premamos	non premades	non preman

    Reintegrated conjugation of premer (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	premer
Personal	premer	premeres	premer	premermos	premerdes	premerem
Gerund
	premendo
Past participle
Masculine	premido			premidos
Feminine	premida			premidas
Indicative
Present	premo	premes	preme	prememos	premedes, premeis	premem
Imperfect	premia	premias	premia	premíamos	premíades, premíeis, premíais1	premiam
Preterite	premim, premi	premeste, premeche1	premeu	prememos	premestes	premêrom, premeram
Pluperfect	premera	premeras	premera	premêramos	premêrades, premêreis, premêrais1	premeram
Future	premerei	premerás	premerá	premeremos	premeredes, premereis	premerám, premerão
Conditional	premeria	premerias	premeria	premeríamos	premeríades, premeríeis, premeríais1	premeriam
Subjunctive
Present	prema	premas	prema	premamos	premades, premais	premam
Imperfect	premesse	premesses	premesse	premêssemos	premêssedes, premêsseis	premessem
Future	premer	premeres	premer	premermos	premerdes	premerem
Imperative
Affirmative		preme	prema	premamos	premede, premei	premam
Negative (nom)		nom premas	nom prema	nom premamos	nom premades, nom premais	nom premam

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• prema

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “premer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “premer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “premer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “premer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “premer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old French

Adjective

premer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular premere)

1. Alternative form of premier

Declension

Declension of premer

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	premers	premere	premer
	Oblique	premer			premere	premer
Plural	Subject	premer	premeres		premer
	Oblique	premers			premeres	premer

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin premō, premere.

Verb

premer

1. press down, lower
   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous, Cantar de mío Cid 2299:

     Ante mẏo çid la cabeça p̄mio & el Roſtro finco
     (modernized spelling) Ante mío Cid, la cabeza premió, y el rostro hincó

     In front of my Cid, [the lion] lowered its head, and put its head on the ground

   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous, Cantar de mío Cid 726:

     Veriedes tantas lanças p̄mer & alçar
     (modernized spelling) Veríedes tantas lanzas premer e alzar

     You would all see people lower and raise spears

Descendants

• Spanish: premir

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈmeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈmeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈme.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pre‧mer

Verb

premer (first-person singular present premo, first-person singular preterite premi, past participle premido)

1. Alternative form of premir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of premer (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	premer
Personal	premer	premeres	premer	premermos	premerdes	premerem
Gerund
	premendo
Past participle
Masculine	premido			premidos
Feminine	premida			premidas
Indicative
Present	premo	premes	preme	prememos	premeis	premem
Imperfect	premia	premias	premia	premíamos	premíeis	premiam
Preterite	premi	premeste	premeu	prememos	premestes	premeram
Pluperfect	premera	premeras	premera	premêramos	premêreis	premeram
Future	premerei	premerás	premerá	premeremos	premereis	premerão
Conditional	premeria	premerias	premeria	premeríamos	premeríeis	premeriam
Subjunctive
Present	prema	premas	prema	premamos	premais	premam
Imperfect	premesse	premesses	premesse	premêssemos	premêsseis	premessem
Future	premer	premeres	premer	premermos	premerdes	premerem
Imperative
Affirmative		preme	prema	premamos	premei	premam
Negative (não)		não premas	não prema	não premamos	não premais	não premam